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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

129 reviews

adeliab's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Rape, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Transphobia, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Slavery, and Addiction

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Racism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Sexism, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Homophobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Transphobia, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Animal death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Colonisation

maikelenz's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

moththem's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-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

4.0

This book is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Each character is so incredibly complex and utterly human. Evaristo writes in a heart-racing, fast paced, emotive manner like no other author I’ve ever read and I fell in love with the stories she wove. It genuinely brought me to tears reading Morgan’s story - a person who’s gone through an awfully similar life path to me - and it felt so comforting reading them being so well represented in this writing. I adored this book, and even the characters I didn’t love as much, I still cared for their story. Evaristo really makes you see every complexity of a person and I think this novel could be truly perspective changing for a lot of people. Seriously incredible book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Racism, Rape, and Transphobia

georgiaaa's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Miscarriage, Grief, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Classism, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

avacate9's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

isaaah's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Classism, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Slavery, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, and Dysphoria

raye_charlie's review

challenging inspiring reflective slow-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

4.0

Although at first the unusual breaks in sentences punctuation were a little hard to get used to (a bit like reading poetry), the overall structure of the book was beautifully crafted to create multiple characters, all with vastly different stories that nevertheless intertwine. This book explores so many perspectives, all from minority characters, while tackling issues such as racism, homophobia and sexism (as well as delving into aspects of transphobia and colourism) in our current time as well as the past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Racism, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Classism, Miscarriage, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

le3713's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Transphobia, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship