Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

27 reviews

squintyfarmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Homophobia, Abandonment, Sexual content, Medical content, Death, Violence, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Dementia

aztlan's review against another edition

I just didn't have the energy to deal with Cyril's constant bad decisions. Yeah he has some tough experiences but he also makes so many terrible choices, and by halfway through I just couldn't. Might have gone better for me as an eyebook, because I read them far faster than audio.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Sexual content

smalljules'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

5.0

WOW. This book was one of my top favorites of the year. It is beautiful, emotional, heart wrenching, heart warming, and will make you FEEL. An incredible story that follows the life of one Irish man, yet still immersed you in the lives of many others. I fell in love with this book almost immediately and  immensely, so much that I didn’t want to finish it. I will recommend it to fellow book lovers. 
If you are able make it past the content warnings, I believe this book will move your heart and soul. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Hate crime

Moderate: Death, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexism, Murder, and Kidnapping

savheath's review

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

ludwijag's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

freydawreviews's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Grief

margarethansen's review

Didn't enjoy it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

caties_books's review

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Phenomenal! I never knew 900 pages could go so fast 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Blood, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

wellreadmegs's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This one I'm really struggling to rate. I really didn't like the first 300 pages of this book but I do feel like the last 250 pages redeemed it and it had a strong ending - which counts for something. But I found the beginning of the book extremely crude and chaotic. I don't consider myself someone who is easily offended or prudish but the language used and the way the characters described women and sex were very vulgar - and not in the smutty way. 

If you could get passed all of that - I do think there were some really impactful parts of the book. I struggled to feel like this was believable at times because of the amount of traumatic things that happened to Cyril and the close people in his life so often. Did I think all of those things could happen yes - did I think they could happen to one person in one lifetime? Not particularly. That made it hard to stay in the story. 

Once Cyril went to Amsterdam though I found the book really coming into its own. I was clearly interested enough to see what happened at the end but it was a struggle to get through at times. The ending was lovely and I really enjoyed that aspect of the book - I would just power through the first bit of the book if you want to fully enjoy it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny

books_withblooms's review

emotional reflective medium-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: Murder and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Death, and Abandonment