Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

4 reviews

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

A lot of alliteration. Dexter is really annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Pedophilia, Gore, Gun violence, Stalking, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Child abuse

frankieweenie's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Dexter is an amazing character, reflective of the complexities of the human psyche and what can happen to a person when they're traumatized. I enjoy the way he is written. And the plot is very interesting, very close to the show as well, nearly word for word sometimes.

I DO not like the racism and sexism from the author leaking through into the writing, the way that LaGuerta is portrayed in the book, even

SAing Dexter? </spoiler? I dunno. And the

incest plotline

is so ingrained into the writing from the very beginning it's hard to get past. Overall though it's a good book and I enjoyed it and I enjoyed Dexter. 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, Incest, and Rape

Minor: Ableism, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

thescarletangel's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Child death, and Death of parent

imagine_big's review against another edition

dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

Ideal book for when you are in your "i wanna be edgy" days. A fast read with simple writing too. It's not a book i highly recommend, unless serial killers are one of your guilty pleasures. 

There are two ocasions at the end with slight homophobic jokes/comments done by a character, which was something i found a bit unnecessary. Im not sure if this was intensional by the author or not, so that's why im mentioning it. It could easily be just because that character was supposed to be unlikable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Homophobia