Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

110 reviews

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Rape, Infidelity, Racism, Transphobia, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Death, and Domestic abuse

elizabethortiz96's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Didn't enjoy at first but got increasingly engaged after the third chapter. As the book continues, the characters' lives become more interwoven and it gets more engaging. By the end I found it to be a compelling read, incredible how the characters' lives are woven together and a powerful way to illustrate the experiences of different women in the UK. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Grief, Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Miscarriage

charliebe's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Ich war oft überfordert, mit allen Menschen und Geschichten mitzuhalten. Trotzdem oder deswegen ein sehr beeindruckendes Werk! Auf keinen Fall leichte Kost, aber sehr wertvoll und bereichernd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual violence

crum_93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was challenging in ways I certainly anticipated, but also in ways I did not. I struggled with this book for a long month; I can’t imagine if I had read a physical version rather than listen to it. I think for some, this book could be really illuminating, and I can appreciate why it is/was so celebrated. That said, I just really struggled with how ultimately negatively everything was portrayed. Yes, this brutal honesty in the book was part of the point, but literally none of the relationships, topics, etc. seemed to have an example of SOMETHING healthy to hopeful. Again, not what the intended feeling of the book, and as a white woman, I feel like I need to unpack that tension, but I think it’s something worth mentioning. I guess my tension lies in that it felt that the author was going for expressing the variety of the Black woman’s (and gender fluid individual’s) lived experience in Britain, but in reality, it was almost a monolith of almost entirely pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

lynxpardinus's review

challenging emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Transphobia, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Ableism, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicide, War, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Minor: Antisemitism, Cancer, Confinement, Miscarriage, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Incest warning is just in case, for an affair between in-laws.

gonzogamer's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

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

4.0

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, and Sexual violence

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

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

claire_montgom's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, and Miscarriage

lucille_c's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Antisemitism, Grief, Drug use, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Transphobia

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Cancer, War, and Slavery

emily_galloway's review

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

4.5

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