Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

Jente, kvinne, annet by Bernardine Evaristo

99 reviews

ifersinklings's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

 Overall, this story was interesting. I don't know that I understood half of it, but I enjoyed learning about the characters, their lives, and figuring out how all of them connected with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

bookreviewsgr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Δώδεκα αυτοτελείς ιστορίες που διαπλέκονται μεταξύ τους και δημιουργούν ένα σύγχρονο μυθιστόρημα. Διαβάστε περισσότερα στο  <a href="https://bookreviewsgr.home.blog/2021/02/07/girl-woman-other/">blog μου</a>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Abortion

Minor: Racial slurs

martinatan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Abortion

myfriendthatcanread's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I really loved the way all of the stories linked together!  As I was reading each person's story I was so excitedly looking for Easter eggs from the other stories, to see how they interacted.  Seeing it all come together at the end was satisfying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism

emmajanereads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• 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: Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

annadroid's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Deadnaming

booksjessreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

My favourite read of 2020. An absolutely fantastic narration of 12 people of colour in Britain. This novel also reaches into short-story territory as each of the chapters could be a short story in its own right, but they are all interlinked in some way which brings it together as a compellingly written novel. Each story is portraying the diverse characters of POC diaspora and each story often shares turmoil from that characters life, but ends usually with something aspirational. 

One review I read about this said 'her idiosyncratic prose rhythms imitate the wayward impulses of inner thought' and I have never been able to express that any better. What I really loved about the writing style was that the narration or conversations within the novel often wove into the characters inner thoughts through these prose rhythms, so you could get a feel for how the character was outwardly performing to others in comparison with their inner thoughts. I will admit, I was a little put off in the beginning about her lack of punctuation, but after the first chapter, I managed and it actually worked really well. 

I have seen a lot of backlash about the lack of punctuation, but what I really loved about that was what it symbolised - that just because something is universally known, that doesn't mean it is right or should be followed, drawing parallels with racism that is so covertly (and sometimes overtly) rife in British society. Alongside, this her writing was poetic, compelling, blunt in places and soft in others. A well-crafted blend of emotions staggering throughout the novel. 

Read the trigger warnings first, but this is a really amazing novel and a must-read for anyone and everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Deadnaming

beckycarter97's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book, and thought the stories told within it were interesting and cleverly connected. I found the pacing odd, while the book discusses the entire lifetimes of some of the characters, there is a level on which nothing happens in this book - it begins and ends only a few hours apart 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Deadnaming

snowhitereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 

It took me a while but I finally finished Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. 

Let me tell you… It was a ride.

It is one of the rare books that lives up to the hype.

I can definitely see why it earned the booker prize for 2019.

This book is made of layers upon layers and stories woven into other stories that in the end create a full picture.

The characters really do seem real and are incredibly well developed.

It spans numerous generations and socioeconomic backgrounds and it is truly diverse, not just in terms of ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation but also in terms of points of view.

It brings to the table problematic and controversial topics and opinions but it doesn’t shy away from demonstrating how discriminatory and extremist they can be . It discusses privilege and the many forms it can take and the hardships of immigrants.

One thing I really appreciated, although very hard to read about, was the portrayal of

an abusive wlw relationship

. It is an issue rarely talked about, but it’s a reality for many people so it’s important to bring awareness to that.

On a completely different note, I did not expect so much wlw content in this book. I don't even remember anyone mentioning it, it was a pleasant surprise for me, but I probably would have read it much sooner if i knew haha.

Cw: domestic violence, rape, racism, suicide, drug use, deadnaming, miscarriage, infedelity, toxic relationship, homophobia, transphobia, racial slurs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, and Transphobia