Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

12 reviews

porshainielsen's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

Another book I lost sleep over. 

The continued relationships in this book are excellent and so is the character development. I am going to rate this book 3.75 for a few reasons. I know that this was published nearly 20 years ago, but a lot of the discussion around genital mutilation lacked nuance. The ending was completely unsatisfactory in the way that it just so happened that Jenny became obsessed with it and wanted it for herself (I understand it was to stop the abuse). The twists in this series have so far been very well executed but this was a little tougher for me to go along with. I also didn’t really care for Lena’s character. From being a shitty cop, a shitty friend to Sara and being homophobic, it made it hard for me to have empathy for her in her monologue with Mark. 

Overall, still really enjoyed the crimes and character dynamics. Hopefully this case resolves over the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Rape, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

dark

2.5

This one was rough. Probably would have skipped if I had read the trigger warnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Grief, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Alcoholism, Drug use, Incest, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Fatphobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Rape

mostlikelyinalibrary's review against another edition

Genuinely feel like I need to wash my brain now… def check the content warnings before you even consider touching this one. She’s a doozy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Rape, and Child death

bookwormatheart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Gore, Suicide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Torture, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

haleriam's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Homophobia, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

evanzaremba96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia

blue_foxy10's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Pedophilia, and Homophobia

tesssiob's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The first book in the Grant County series was fucked up but fun. I hated Kisscut. I could rant for hours about how gross it is. I don’t know if the homophobic and anti-choice protagonists are a product of the time but I found it really disturbing in a book full of pedophilia and police brutality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Trafficking, Child abuse, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Body shaming, Cancer, and Child death

tk95's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

emilyyyreads's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Homophobia