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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

130 reviews

daniel0292's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

scripturient's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Infertility, Drug use, and Drug abuse

emilymai's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Transphobia, and Drug use

georginatomlinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was more than I thought it could be. A series of stories so perfectly woven together to make a rich and complex tapestry. Highly recommend to anyone wanted to be able to empathy and understand other’s experiences. Whether, it’s race, age, ideological, sexual or gender identity, social or economic background, this book has it covered. The structure and the way it is written is so easy to read and hard to stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

lilacsophie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Transphobia, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Biphobia

snowhitereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 

It took me a while but I finally finished Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. 

Let me tell you… It was a ride.

It is one of the rare books that lives up to the hype.

I can definitely see why it earned the booker prize for 2019.

This book is made of layers upon layers and stories woven into other stories that in the end create a full picture.

The characters really do seem real and are incredibly well developed.

It spans numerous generations and socioeconomic backgrounds and it is truly diverse, not just in terms of ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation but also in terms of points of view.

It brings to the table problematic and controversial topics and opinions but it doesn’t shy away from demonstrating how discriminatory and extremist they can be . It discusses privilege and the many forms it can take and the hardships of immigrants.

One thing I really appreciated, although very hard to read about, was the portrayal of

an abusive wlw relationship

. It is an issue rarely talked about, but it’s a reality for many people so it’s important to bring awareness to that.

On a completely different note, I did not expect so much wlw content in this book. I don't even remember anyone mentioning it, it was a pleasant surprise for me, but I probably would have read it much sooner if i knew haha.

Cw: domestic violence, rape, racism, suicide, drug use, deadnaming, miscarriage, infedelity, toxic relationship, homophobia, transphobia, racial slurs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, and Transphobia

daisymaytwizell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Evaristo writes fantastically human characters, and proves it by showing them to us from every angle she can.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual violence

tashayns's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Islamophobia and Racial slurs

sophieduncan's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Sexism, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Racism, Child death, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicidal thoughts

hollyd19's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This gorgeous, full, moving book follows the loosely connected lives of twelve Black womxn throughout England. I’d liken it a bit to the musical RENT, with a glorious cacophony of people existing in imperfect concinnity. 

What I found most mesmerizing about Evaristo’s novel is the way it deftly arouses empathy for each flawed, fully human character. The level of interconnectedness of each story varies, but ultimately highlights the validity of varied experiences, the truth that we cannot understand the depth of a single person’s life or internal narratives, and the need for radical compassion above most anything else. 

Stylistically, GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER is unlike any book I’ve ever read. Each chapter illuminates the life of a specific character, and is delivered in a train-of-thought style with nearly no punctuation. In a way, it felt like sitting at a loud dinner party with people who love each other actively reminiscing and telling stories simultaneously. Once I got into the flow of it, I found it perfectly fit the spirit of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Transphobia, and Deadnaming