Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

13 reviews

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

This was a really well done novella. Gailey created more empathetic, complex characters than many authors have accomplished with many more pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, and Transphobia

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

mandolin77's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

This is a novella, which works in some ways and doesn't in others. There are a lot of references to past events that I think should have been expanded on to improve the reading experience. On the other hand, too much additional information would have likely slowed down the pacing of the story. Personally, I 'm really left wondering about a lot of things and frustrated about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Violence, Sexism, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, and Murder

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Death

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, and Gun violence

michaelion's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

Save a horse, ride a lesbian!

Does a little too much for a book that's way too short. Despite this its very fun. Would I reread it? No. But I did have fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Outing and War

eininthebird's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

De queer dystopian western waarvan ik niet wist dat ik hem nodig had 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Death

thesaltiestlibrarian's review

adventurous slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Outing

thereadinghammock's review

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

A quick read, not quite in my wheelhouse though. The story is set is a (possibly post-apocalyptic) American West setting, with a traveling band of Librarians, who distribute "approved" materials to rural towns. There seems to be a weird mish-mash of modern technologies and classic Western moments. The band of Librarians seem a bit outside the "status quo" for our main character, Esther, as she learns she fits in more with this band of misfits with each passing day.

Turns out, this band of misfits are actually a network of queer found families and allies looking to spread the word that there's more life to live outside the regulations of the State/Government.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Homophobia, and Hate crime

thebookgirl's review

challenging

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I hate giving it this rating but like nothing happened. Let down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Gun violence