Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

42 reviews

notmaryam's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

emmaward55's review

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

This is exactly what I needed when I picked up this book. It's heartwarming, engaging, and so easy to breeze through! Highly recommend it for anyone looking for an inspiring, Black, contemporary sapphic book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, Medical content, Racism, and Vomit

biacedbooks's review

lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.5

Cute book! I like that even though both Liz and her friends messed up at times they were able to take accountability for their mistakes and better themselves 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Racism

rhysecakes's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.0

i like the storyline, i like the characters, i like the love interest, the side characters, pretty much almost everything. 

i found it a bit too slow-paced but im pretty sure that's just because of my lack of motivation. 

sometime in the future i might get my own copy of this book, since i read one from the library, just so i can have it close to me in a sense an e-book doesnt make me feel. i want to annotate the parts i loved the most in an actual copy and put it on my shelf so i can open the book and read those parts again to give me hope that happy stories for us queer people do exist. 

i hope to shine as bright as Liz does in this book. she is truly admirable and also i love her character development! 

overall an amazing book, i recommend it to everyone out there looking for 'a smart, hilarious, black girl magic rom-com', as the backcover says.

halfway through i found that i didnt have the energy to actually finish this book but i really wanted to because i was invested in the story, so i put on the audiobook and listened to it as i read along in the book. this made it a lot easier for me to get through it as i often lack the motivation and energy to finish books i started. the narrator (Alaska) has a very beautiful voice and i loved her intonation throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, and Outing

Minor: Vomit

joanpack's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Terminal illness

fictionalportal's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Hate crime

nyoom's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

alibader's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

I loved this so much! This had just about everything - a heartwarming group of friends, relatable teenagers, diversity and an incredible sapphic romance. I had such a great time reading this and I'm so excited to read whatever Leah Johnson writes next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content

librariangeorgia's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

elinmln's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Medical content

Minor: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Death of parent, Racism, and Vomit