Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

35 reviews

matheo's review

challenging emotional reflective

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Grief, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, and War

bookicornia's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment and Lesbophobia

leanne_miron's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death of parent and Terminal illness

emcp's review

emotional reflective 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

This book is all flowery dialogue and no plot. There’s absolutely no chemistry between Yuki and Grace, and it’s absolutely deranged that Grace would completely abandon her found family that she claims to love so much for this girl she’s met once. I really wish the side characters had actual personalities and weren’t just assigned labels and adjectives. I especially would’ve loved to get to know Agnes beyond just “queer white girl with BPD.” As a queer woman I really really wanted to like this. I’m sad that I didn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Homophobia

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Forced institutionalization

olliebranch1's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I really wanted to like this book and it started off promising. But even  as a self proclaimed hopeless romantic the language in this book was way too flowery for me. There’s just nobody in the world who speaks this way which kind of took me out of trying to relate to this character. 

Grace, our main character’s best friends were meant to be seen as the strong, empowering and messy individuals, but in some ways they just seemed toxic. One friend in particular seemed quite ab*sive  to the point where it was hard to see her good. Also the whole I love you so much it hurts thing is exactly what I don’t want younger readers to be reading. Codependency is not a good thing kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

ridesthesun's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

This was a really really lovely dive into character/personal growth and identity. The prose was simply gorgeous, and the characters are so wonderfully complex and real. I really enjoyed the balance of romance with personal growth and familial/friend relationships. No one's perfect, no one's a villain; we're all just trying our best and failing each other and ourselves sometimes, but we can always grow and do better. We can do best, whatever that looks like for us.

These lonely creatures absolutely stole my heart ❤❤

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Lesbophobia

thereadingnurse2021's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

2.0

This book, I felt, was billed as a romantic comedy based on the premise on the back of the book. What is within these pages is more of an exploration into self acceptance and working through the parts of ourselves that we would rather leave in the dark, with a side plot of romance kinda squeezed off to the side. Once my head had the right expectations, my reading experience got better, but the beginning, admittedly was difficult for me to get through because of the palate difference.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Racism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

The mental health struggles and self harm stem from deeply rooted parental issues that the main character has. If you are triggered by content that highlights feelings of parental disapproval, then you should probably skip this read.

emily_rose99's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is one of the first queer adult (not YA) books i’ve read and i loved it so much. the representation is amazing and the plot is not focused on coming out or homophobia at all, and instead focuses on the characters, their relationships, and their growth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, Mental illness, and Self harm

kellyurban's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia

storykath's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

3.0

This was one of those books I had high expectations for based on the hype, and overall I was disappointed. The messages and themes were relevant and interesting, but the way they were executed through the characters fell flat. The characters were believably flawed, but their behaviour and the way they talked wasn't believable. Some of the writing is beautiful, but the prose doesn't slot into a believable narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders