Reviews tagging 'Death'

O Quarto de Giovanni by James Baldwin, Paulo Henriques Britto

203 reviews

biblioghoul's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Outing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

lollipopkenny123's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Murder

adverb17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

laurendenton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

brianna_reading5's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

an underrated classic. can schools please give James Baldwin the love he deserves?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

crowdenks's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Transphobia

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

First Read 3.75⭐️
The writing was beautiful and the story was sad, but I couldn’t bring myself to give enough of a shit about any of the characters to get hugely invested in the story

Second Read 5⭐️
Well I think the fact that I didn’t previously love this book was 100% a me problem. 
Because on rereading for uni, I have absolutely zero notes. Except maybe a request for him to fund my therapy :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is one of those books I've been like, ah I gotta read it, forever. And I finally did it. This book did not disappoint. Beautiful, brutal, intricate, this short novel packs a huge punch, exploring internalized homophobia, xenophobia, classism, and systemic disenfranchisement, all within a contained story of a doomed romance between two men from wildly different backgrounds over several weeks in Paris in the late 1950s. Baldwin is also in peak form here, with his signature incisive social commentary delivered through characters with deep complexity and humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Outing, and Classism

imaginefishes's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i don’t know what else i can say about this except it resonated hard. im gay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

etherealbookreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Struggling to give this a full 5 because of how sad this made me. i I will always love Baldwin’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Murder