Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

5 reviews

namii's review against another edition

1.5

i hated reading about luke i hated all the men in this book i hated how they talked about abortion.  
Nadia made awful choices that i don’t understand but i get that i’m not really supposed to understand most of those choices that just felt harmful to everyone including herself. 
It’s like instead of choosing something easy she decided to torture herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide, Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Rape, and Xenophobia

madeleinebay's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Religious bigotry

hcasasca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infertility, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

editoryalizing's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Infertility, Grief, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

thiccandspicy's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.0

Such a strange book to have read to completion for me.

I’m strongly pro-choice, and I guess I was expecting this book to take that stance or at least firmly plant me in the characters’ shoes, but it simply didn’t (a common complaint, judging by the reviews). The only character I really felt for was Aubrey, but even her issues were never explored in detail, relegating her to a tertiary position after Nadia and Luke (who were both utterly intolerable).

The writing style was very engaging, expected from someone with Brit Bennett’s current fame, so I could still put up with the second half of the book though it was considerably slower. The ending was incredibly confusing, and I really don’t know what to make of it

other than ab*rtion bad and ruins everyone’s lives apparently ?????? what a strange message

 

TL;DR The atmosphere got really claustrophobic after a while, and I didn’t quite get the point of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual violence