Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear

5 reviews

teganbeesebooks's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Violence

gcrkl's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Suicide, Infidelity, Body horror, Pregnancy, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Self harm, and Drug use

toniw315's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia

charlereads's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

theatrealpaca's review

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

I adore a Medusa retelling and this was no exception. The story was a beautiful weave of many tellings of Medusa's tale and finally brought the nother twp Gorgons into the spotlight. Stheno and Euralye were delightful, infuriating, flawed characters that I miss already. Every page made me stop and reread whole paragraphs, often aloud, just to hear Bear's incredible use of language again. This is her debut novel and I'm blown away by her understanding of the art form so far. I can't wait to see where she goes from here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Incest, Homophobia, Animal death, Violence, Sexual violence, Outing, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Sexual assault, Vomit, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Rape