Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

91 reviews

heidiwelsch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

Way too much violence and trauma for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Suicide, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Self harm, and Incest

lisa00's review

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Abortion, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexism, Incest, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Animal cruelty, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Rape, and Emotional abuse

ventellina's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Sexism

victoriag03's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Incest, Abortion, Rape, Drug use, and Bullying

bookishfaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

This is one of those books that feels too personal and real to give any sort of rating too; it simply transcends that. This book will stay with me forever, & has absolutely split me in two, while being a strange comfort simultaneously. If you are going to pick this up, know it represents highly triggering content to the extremes constantly, and is in no way shape or form an “easy,” or “light” read. It’s tough as nails, just like Betty 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Racism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexism, Self harm, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs

ktkeps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Incest, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Death, Pedophilia, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, Murder, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Racial slurs, and Child abuse

lvrsmoon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-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? It's complicated

it feels wrong to rate this book, i feel like it's just a very necessary read. it's so real, so raw and really difficult to read at times but it's also a very beautiful story and i'm so glad it hasn't been forgotten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Xenophobia, and Sexism

chloeam3103's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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 book broke me. And I would let it break me again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual harassment, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual content

_nicolesbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Racism, Sexism, and Racial slurs

a_dot_phil's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Absolutely not. How is this book rated so high? Trauma after trauma with every single trigger warning imaginable.  I started skimming after

the cat and kitten chapter bc what the actual fvck. The animal abuse added absolutely nothing to the plot.

I have no idea what the message or purpose of this books was, and I regret finishing it.  Two stars because of Landon and some of the Cherokee messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Child death, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Hate crime, and Suicide