Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

13 reviews

5aru's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the book overall. Although the women's lives connect and intersect with each other, it could very well be read as a short story collection where each chapter constitutes an individual tale of a life, condensed. Evaristo's prose is delicate yet crude, depicting complex lives with accuracy and beauty, which makes for a rather fascinating read. I do have to say that, by the end, I felt a bit like I was being dragged on - but only lasted for the last few three chapters or so, since the ending still managed to be satisfying nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Racism

Minor: Fatphobia

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

The way this was written without full stops took a while to get used to, but in the end I liked it. It made the prose feel poetic, and each character still felt unique. It felt like listening to a group of people telling you a story.

There were some perspectives I liked, but some of them felt really mean-spirited (both Yazz and Morgan’s segments read like they were the targets of mockery by the author, which was disappointing) and it's weird that three different people managed to magically rise out of depression on a dime for no reason. The ending felt really predictable and the character it involved annoyed me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Antisemitism, Eating disorder, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings

sachikoriddle's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia