Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

24 reviews

herzeloyde's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Homophobia

larareads's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Confinement, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality and Homophobia

taryn_g's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Violence, Grief, Terminal illness, and Drug abuse

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, and Homophobia

kambell00's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

This book was so goofy and the twist at the end has me literally cackling in the car

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Grief

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Woah.

This was just phenomenal and mindblowing. This is probably the first book that truly brought me to understand what to be  mindblown means. 

Also, this thriller book consisting of so much death and misery also ended up having potentially the most feel-good, chill inducing endings I ever read. I am so happy for Virginia’s life she had after all of the truth came out.


The only thing I can think of that I wanted clarified is what was up with Detective Vick- he worked there at the same time Kit’s dad did but I do not recall any part where we heard more after Kit said that he should be called right before the confrontation with her dad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Classism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Ableism, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Sexual content

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Cursing, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Addiction, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexism, Alcoholism, Gore, Infidelity, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

daydaybookbay's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I rated this book a 9 out of 10. The pacing of the plot varrys between "I gotta know what happens next" and "repetitive again." I enjoyed the twists and the twists and the additional twists. Every time I almost had confidence to have figured it out, another twist was thrown in. I had a lot of fun experiencing the mystery. I feel the audiobook added to the novel with the two narrators.

I would feel smart for a moment because I noticed an inconsistency in the story, but that was the whole point to notice. It threw me through a loop because I then questioned myself if the other off-points I noticed were actually supposed to be there. This lost trust in myself made it more difficult for me to piece together the plot before the author wanted to reveal a twist. Very clever writing-I love it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Ableism, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Addiction, Gun violence, Homophobia, Classism, Confinement, Abortion, Grief, and Medical content

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The twists were twisting.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Ableism, Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, and Chronic illness

leeghlee's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Classism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Alcohol, Car accident, Abortion, and Child death

littlewr3n's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Interesting read and, at points, genuinely spooky! I enjoyed the beginning of the book far more than the ending.

the ending of the book was ridiculous. Too many "twists" that didn't flow with the rest of the book. At first it was entertaining, but then, the very ending, where we find out that virginia could walk AND talk (THE WHOLE TIME) honestly made me so mad!!!! 🤣 overall, I enjoyed my time reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia