Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Moja znikająca połowa by Brit Bennett

45 reviews

particledamage's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

 I'm ashamed to admit, it took me a bit to get into this book. Part 1 felt like more exposition than story, veering heavily into entire chapters that felt like they were screaming "These are the themes of this novel! Here is the allegory!" and it was hard to wade through at times. 

But once the story got truly going, pushing past character introductions and scene setting, an amazing story blossomed. This book is stuffed to the brim with a compelling cast and stories that you don't always encounter. It knows exactly what it wants to be and it takes you along with it, eager to travel through time and history.

I've been in a reading rut for ages but this story brought me back.

So, if there's anyone out there who maybe feels discouraged by Part 1, keep going, it's well worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

galexy_brain's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and War

azarab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

An incredible story of two twins from a Louisiana town called Mallard. In which your social currency is how light your skin is. This issue of race and colourism plagues the twins lives. When their lives take different paths they still remain connected in unexpected ways. 

This story tackles race, gender and childhood trauma. We watch the twins’ lives transform before our eyes. 

My only con of the book is that the timeline at times confuse me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Dementia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

nenaveenstra's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

This book reminded me of 'Girl, Woman, Other' in the sense that it showed the lives of these women separately from each other and the way they intertwined. And that they're black, if course. That comparison is made quite easily. 

And I enjoyed both of them, a lot. I'm not sure why I'm giving four stars, not five - I kept thinking about this book whenever I had to pause reading for a bit. But I did get bored sometimes, too. Or maybe annoyed - Stella and Kennedy are pretty hard to deal with sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Minor: Sexism

f18's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Dementia, Dysphoria, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Murder

colorism

odina's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

jamie_reads_stuff's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Abandonment, Dementia, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

This book was amazing. I went into it not really knowing anything, but just having heard a lot of good things. I was so pulled in that sometimes I would stop reading (listening to the audiobook, really) and not know what I was doing or where I was. It felt like a whole different world, and I wish I could stay in it longer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Hate crime, Grief, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing