Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Lezioni di chimica by Bonnie Garmus

144 reviews

kalla's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Abandonment, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Vomit

emilygibbs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent and Bullying

Minor: Gun violence

mpeach's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Bullying, Car accident, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Suicide

eccentric_kam's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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

4.0

There are many parts of this book that I enjoyed and even laughed through and then there were very few parts that I had to suffer through. While I mostly enjoyed Elizabeth's character I found her incredibly dense for someone that was a genius. Despite that I really enjoyed reading about a woman, even if she is fictional, challenging the status quo of the 1950s. One of my favorite things about this book definitely has to be the dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Suicide

dagny23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

The book gets better. It started out with cliches but really developed. It is amazing that the author is not a scientist.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Abandonment

kjboldon's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

Lots of trigger warnings. A fast read, often funny, weirdly shifting in tone, that felt rather packaged to me, like it had been forced into a similar narrative to Where'd You Go Bernadette? Excellent dog character and dog POV though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Vomit, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Abandonment

nightingale25's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

sakisreads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.0

Content warnings included below, as there were a few that needed to be addressed 😫

I was looking for a relatively easy, light read and my friend recommended this. Although, as mentioned earlier, there are some content warnings that need to be included, this for the most part was sweet and terrific! Putting Elizabeth Zott, our protagonist, in 1960’s America made for a clearly misogynistic setting. However, she (mostly) thrives throughout and I appreciated all the loose strings getting pulled together for the end of the story ✨

I wasn’t expecting a link between Evans and Wakely, and I certainly did not realise Parker was going to be Evans’s mum 🥹 That was a gorgeous ending I thought!

If you’re looking for a book in which women strive in science and where systemic issues are mentioned, this one is for you 😊 4 out of 5 stars for me ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Death

graff_fuller's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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

5.0

This book is NOT going to be for everyone. For those who want to keep the status quo OR those who are male chauvinists. These man babies are going to rail against this book, the upcoming adaptation and we've already seen them hate Brie Larson. Well, they are the minority in this world. Yes, they may still be in positions of power, but they see their time is coming to an end.

This story is hilarious, but it also shows a lot of problems that have been inherited over the years in our society. There has been an unequalness that needs to change. This book/story pushes against the inequalities and the fear that some men have of smart and extraordinary women.

Elizabeth Zott (which will be played by Brie Larson in the upcoming adaptation from AppleTV+) is the protagonist of the story. She's just trying to live her passion of science, and at every crossroad, she's manipulated, exploited, assualted, diminished and dismissed. This will resonate with EVERY woman who has ever lived.

My wife and my two daughters have fought against this injustice in their lives...and I have supported them in every way possible.

I read this book with my wife. Marie would read a chapter out loud, and then I'd read the next chapter out loud...and we've done this the entire day...and it's been an amazing day. We've laughed, we've cried, we've talked about experiences that have been shared in the book and we have been talking about it to our friends.

This is a great story. 

Also, in this book...are men that act poorly. Too many examples, honestly...but for accuracy sake...it would've been a lot more (unfortunately). BUT, also...there are good men represented, too. Walter, especially. We loved Walter.

Of course we loved Calvin, but he's too important to talk about here, for we want you to read the book and see his part in the story.

This is fiction, for there wasn't a real Elizabeth Zott, but there are SO many examples of women doing the work, and men taking the credit. Shame. Shame. How could they live with themselves. 

Lastly, in the #MeToo era, and the exploitation of women in the workforce being exposed (represented in the movie, She Said, and others), we are hoping that this becomes less and less prevelent. The poll of how many women have been raped or molested is staggering. This has GOT to stop! As a husband and a father, it sickens me...that even one has had this happened to them, but to see the numbers...is revolting.

I see a lot of people reading this book, and it always makes me happy. 

Loved this book and am looking forward to the TV adaptation coming soon on AppltTV+.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

annilikesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I love this book so much and it's at times very devastating and heartbreaking but I'm deeply inspired by the main character Elisabeth Zott and I will forever recommand it to my friends 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Car accident, and Pregnancy