Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Assembly by Natasha Brown

31 reviews

felicityebhaslin's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Minor: Racial slurs

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This haunting book is sure to get you out of a reading slump.  Calculated and spare, it follows an accomplished Black British woman in finance as she navigates workplace misogynoir, a medical diagnosis, and her relationship with her boyfriend—a white man of old money.  In sharp, evocative fragments, she contemplates the part she plays in the system that disenfranchises people like her but even more so interrogates the complicity of her boyfriend’s family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

leoniefnk's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is the definition of literary girl dinner. The tangibility that Brown paints into my ears is at times gorgeous, but mostly a source of unease. Everybody should read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation

sakisreads's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I needed something to desperately get me out of a reading slump and this was a recommended read. I am SO glad I read it 👏🏼

A Black British woman navigates the white world around her and my oh my, it’s not a pleasant place to be 🙄 I highlighted so many quotes from this book, one of which was:
‘Best case: those children grow up, assimilate, get jobs and pour money into a government that forever tells them they are not British. This is not home.’

How Natasha Brown managed to capture SO MANY EXPERIENCES (and nuances) into a 112 page novel I will never know. I thoroughly appreciated it though 🫠

4.5 out of 5 stars from me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Colonisation

rainbowarpaint's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer

lady_bountiful's review

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, and Classism

anneklein's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia

george_tte's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Started this book not knowing what to expect. Then three hours had gone by and I’d finished the book. 

It’s not an easy read. This book touches on big, systemic problems. The author finds amazing ways to discuss the ever present discomfort and tension, while keeping it very intimate. 

Definitely check this book out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cancer

lysander__a's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

So good! I devoured it in one sitting. Has deepened my thoughts about the issues tackled within.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, and Racism

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Hate crime