Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Jente, kvinne, annet by Bernardine Evaristo

364 reviews

dralexa's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

camoo3032's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a collection of short stories about black women in England. The author covers a lot of topics including feminism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and domestic abuse. The book's format is a clever way of exploring these topics and I really enjoyed how it explored the change in society's acceptance of each of these issues over time. I also enjoyed how the grammatic style of the book allowed for more poetic moments.

There are a lot of characters so the book can feel like a bit of whirlwind, particularly in the first chapter, and some of the topics covered could've been discussed in more depth. Regardless, I still found this book very eye opening

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

jayisreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Evaristo is brilliant at weaving stories together seamlessly and showing how they all connect with one another. It’s not only between characters but thematically that just played out so well. Girl, Woman, Other is definitely one of those books worth rereading to better see how everything connects. Another wonderful thing about this book is how Evaristo presented intersectionality with such eloquence. This book isn’t just about one specific social category. She beautifully presented the complexities of identity and the impact it has on each character and their interactions with the world.

The writing style took a little getting used to, but once you do, Evaristo simply sweeps you away. I wish I didn’t read this book in short sittings, because the flow of the book is such an integral part. (Alas, my schedule and attention span made it difficult to read this for long periods of time, ugh.)

I’ll likely have to revisit this book, especially now that I know what to expect and can pay attention to more specific details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Death, Miscarriage, and Slavery

sinbooks's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

An amazing book that quietly and contemplatively discusses politics, specifically feminism, queer identity and black identity.
As a white woman I can't comment on the race discussions of this book, but as a queer feminist I can really applaud how well written the discussion is. Definetly one to read if you're interested in any of the topics above.
Bernadine also does an amazing job of tying all her characters together, keeping a consistent thread from one point of view to the next.

Mwah.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Rape

ivulikkivulik's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content

phophi's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

bealiy's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

grandpabuxton's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

beautiful, poetic, wrenching, relatable, unexpected, prescient. one of my favorite reads in a long while. an incredible breadth of a story, and I felt inside the heads and hearts of each of the characters.

My only disappointment was I felt the epilogue was a little predictable and I wanted more from it, but not sure what. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

barbarella85's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

anayyuh's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

• very enjoyable read, didn’t take long and i genuinely wanted to pick it up
• interesting
• didn’t really like to kumbaya ending but overall enjoyed the experience

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol