Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

20 reviews

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexism

Minor: Religious bigotry and Sexual content

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Violence

dananana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism

phantomgecko's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

I read a lot of horse books in elementary school. In hindsight, they're usually boring. (Sorry Marguerite Henry) But idk, I kept reading them because horses are cool?

This is a horse book, even a RACE horse book, that for real isn't boring. Possibly because the horses in question are mythical creatures that kill.

A cute little love story wrapped in adventure. Also with frustrating undertones of misogyny. Also paganism? There's kinda a lot in this one. Maybe part of the charm is the ambiguous imaginary world created.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Bullying

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

starreddust's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Gore and Body horror

smhawks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexism, and Violence

rambles's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Sexism

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I wasn't expecting to get much out of it because I'm not really a horse person, but this was so much more than that. Stiefvater has such a way with words. She creates such a gorgeous atmosphere and sense of setting, and she always nails characterization. Yes, even the horses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Classism, and Sexism

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Violence