Reviews

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

terriandree's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

ravenwilds's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

laura_corsi's review against another edition

4.0

Interesting structure. This book is told through a series of vignettes. Each chapter tells the story individually of 3 women who are interconnected. One the daughter, another the mother and a third who is connected in a more peripheral way. Each woman is English but from the African diaspora and are trying in various ways to deal with their identity as both a woman and as an British citizen of African heritage. The chapters dip in and out of one another as well with each woman having links to other chapters. It is like a ballet.

kristyshaw's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

dosvidaria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

bookishbrighton's review against another edition

3.0

This isn’t really my style of book, which I think explains the lack of stars compared to the average! I’m not personally a fan of having so many different stories running alongside each other and that’s where it lost stars for me, but saying that - the characters were varied and interesting, their stories were well told and I did like how they all came together in the end. It’s certainly worth a read and I don’t regret the time I spent with it.

sreyasreya's review against another edition

5.0

THE CONNECTIONS!!! wild, this book was everything! everything!

leansdayaddams's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

smfrazer's review against another edition

5.0

Very interesting intersecting point of view -based chapters. Reads almost more like a collection of short stories. Absolutely loved it. It did take me a little while to get into it, but stick with it, you’ll be glad.

carrie_bize's review against another edition

3.0

Dieses Buch handelt von 12 verschiedenen Frauen (und non-binären Personen) und ihren Geschichten. Jedes Kapitel beschreibt einen Zeitabschnitt im Leben einer dieser Frauen.

Wenn man sich an den Schreibstil mit möglichst wenig Satzzeichen gewöhnt hat, liest es sich doch sehr flüssig.

Fast alle Geschichten haben mich gefesselt, da jede ihre ganz eigene Dramatik mit sich bringt.
Es werden viele Themen behandelt wie Feminismus, Rassismus, Herkunft, Kultur, Familie, Freundschaft und vieles mehr.

Leider blieben mir (wahrscheinlich aufgrund der Anzahl) nur wenige einzelne Geschichten im Kopf. Das ist eigentlich ziemlich schade. Ich hätte es schöner gefunden, wenn die Geschichten viel früher und mehr ineinander gegriffen hätten.