Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Syvään päähän by Kate Davies

13 reviews

canonically_k's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? Yes

1.5

I got fleabagged (the last chapter is called it'll pass). There was not enough unproblematic life living and TOO MUCH TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WHO WOULD ENJOY READING THIS. This book made me so furious and upset and it was not at all advertised to be about this. I feel like the book itself wasn't recognising how horrible the relationship was, and I know it's from the victims perspective but it left me really confused. So much of it just horrified me and I hated every time they got back together. The humor was also very unfiltered and made me a bit uncomfortable at points. It framed non-monogamy really weirdly as well and didn't have any retrospective nuance about it. Also the protagonist comes out as a lesbian and doesn't make friends with a single queer person other than lesbians as far as I can tell.I need to learn not to hate read books and to just put them down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence and Self harm

Minor: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Lesbophobia

emilo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I did like this book, and I have one criticism for it:

why was the only main poly character written as abusive, jealous, ‘greedy’ and manipulative? sam obviously abused julia but it’s problematic for the poly rep to be so, as there are limited good representations of poly people. sam didn’t have to be poly in this book, and i question why the author decided the abuser had to be poly. why does this narrative continue in media?

other than that it was a good rep of the lgbt community if a bit basic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Bullying

sadmermaid's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

i really could relate with the mc. and i think shows really good how it’s not that easy to get out of a toxic relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Lesbophobia

brashcandicoot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

bash5617's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative fast-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

1.5

I found the characters highly problematic. I skipped pages 150-275. The last 15 pages redeem  half a star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Drug use, Infidelity, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

witchyweirdo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Violence, and War

caoimheisme's review against another edition

funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Lesbophobia and Self harm

ellanarose's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

jojo__'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Self harm

1414's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Self harm and Rape