Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Erasure by Percival Everett

7 reviews

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I DNFed this book 3/4ths through but it got picked up for book club so I picked it back up and finished it!

It’s not sequential and much of it is whims and chaotic, which is always a hard read for me. The book that was written as a farce was very very long. Quite a long joke. 

It wasn’t for me, but I look forward to giving the movie a shot!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Dementia, Drug use, Murder, and Violence

spenar's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Drug use, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Misogyny

abyakron's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

stephe's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense 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

4.0

Picked this up after seeing American Fiction and I really wish I had read it before seeing the film. I thought the film was great, but fairly easy to grasp in a way that the book is not. I was surprised by how at a loss I felt reading, my lack in theory and arts making itself felt sharply throughout. More than anything, I think I was surprised that this seems more of a book that has a beef with academia even more than pop fiction—an angle that is not as visibly present in the film. 

 

Still, feeling my own lack is not a bad thing. This book made me think more than many books do, and even the elements that left me out in the deep end still got their sustained engagement out of me. Heck, this book even made trout fishing sound great, a feeling I don’t think I’ve ever had. 

 

One thing I really recommend, for either reading the novel or viewing the film: read James Baldwin’s essay “Everybody’s Protest Novel” in Notes of a Native Son alongside. I just happened to be reading through Baldwin’s collected essays as I worked through Erasure, and it dovetails quite nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Cursing, Classism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Abortion, and Murder

Without spoiling the story, nearly all of the graphic content is intentionally and satirically lurid and outlandish, not depictions grounded in the world of the story.

f6x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The heartbreakingly real travails of an American family shimmer vividly against this backdrop of satire, perception, and social commentary. A remarkable journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Violence, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

kreglow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Kidnapping, Sexism, Child abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gore, Violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Dementia, Infidelity, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

joshhornbeck's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective 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

5.0

This is an absolutely outstanding work of literary and experimental fiction, satirizing white liberal expectations for Black creatives. The central character is prickly and complicated, and the narrative doesn’t leave us with easy answers or simple moralizing. It forces us to wrestle with  questions of identity and our own bias, even as the author finds his ability ground his identity further and further out of reach due to issues within his family. The digressions and formal choices made throughout the novel are brilliant, and the book is absolutely hilarious at times. A wonderful, wonderful novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Racial slurs

Moderate: Dementia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Gun violence