Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Mädchen, Frau etc. by Bernardine Evaristo

54 reviews

gonzogamer's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation

isabezza's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Girl, Woman, Other has been on my TBR for so long and I am kicking myself for not picking it up sooner! Twelve absolutely beautiful short stories delicately woven together. This story is packed with family morals, diverse friendships, dramatic narrative arcs, and love! My only difficulty was the unusual structure with no punctuation making the reading a challenge initially, but I would recommend with a passion once I was over that hurdle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes

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Found the chapter structures a little weird at times. Not sure if this was due to it being an audiobook but it felt like it cut off at awkward points/chapters abruptly ended. Felt most of the stories wrapped up pretty well but there were a couple of stragglers, namely LaTisha and winsome who were kinda missed in the ending. Overall an engaging read and some really interesting stories. The only really weak one for me was Yazz's story but the rest were fab.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Classism

uncreativeoops's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Abortion, Alcohol

emily_galloway's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was incredible. I love the authors writing style, read almost like poetry at points. I was hooked and loved how each story had some link to another, intertwining these women in small ways. 

This story is so smart. Incredible. 

I cried a few times throughout and would recommend reading trigger warnings however. It's pretty intense in parts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism

cassielaj's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The stories in this book are captivating, and Evaristo’s writing style is unlike anything I’ve ever read. I was intimidated by the poetic style at first, but the language in this book flows so easily and beautifully. In each chapter, Evaristo explores the background and internal thoughts of a new character and achieves a depth to each story that’s truly impressive. Seeing the ways in which these characters’ stories are woven together, whether through familial history, friendships, relationships or simply proximity, was amazing, and it was fascinating to see how Evaristo explored so many facets of identity and society throughout. This is a book to savor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Colonisation, Classism

dlsmk's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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BIG TRIGGER WARNING FOR ON PAGE R*PE. TWICE. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

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this book made me laugh, cry, want to punch my fist through a wall, etc. incredibly written and full of pure human connectedness, definitely a journey and not always a fun one but worth the read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Abandonment

paigereitz's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Wow. Just - wow. This book was phenomenal. A series of character sketches of (mainly British Black femme) characters across a diverse range of ages and ideologies that weave in and out of each other's lives. Exploration of racism, colorism, immigrant issues, LGBTQIA issues, feminism in its many forms, love, relationships, inequitable educations - so much in here to unpack. I suspect I'll find myself coming back to it in the future. Bernadine Evaristo displayed an amazing ability to really get into the skin of her characters, many of whom have exceedingly disparate experiences, and do so flawlessly. This was an amazing book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Classism

Minor: Deadnaming, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy