Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

6 reviews

bubblescotch's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

readerlady's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Misogyny

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Classism, Car accident, War, and Homophobia

kimalah's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Well. As far as a mystery, Unnatural Death is more a how was it done rather than a whodunnit. The perpetrator was pretty obvious from the beginning. Overall, the mystery itself was ok.

But oh boy, the racism and homophobia. It was apparent that Sayers was trying to condemn it through some awful characters, but it permeated the text. I know this is said to be of it’s time, but that doesn’t make it any less gross to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder

marioncromb's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates a death with no apparent means or motive. There are lots of lesbians. The story is pretty gripping but one of the twists is pretty obvious. I found Miss Climpson's style of letter writing incredibly amusing. The language is dated by use of certain slurs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Antisemitism, and Cancer

octavietullier's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Homophobia