Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

18 reviews

unibadger's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child death, Sexual assault, Cancer, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Antisemitism

Minor: Sexism

rockettreads24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexism

mqbelle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, it’s a good dystopian that feels very close to our reality so it’s not too hard to grasp. A great portrait of how people are not good or bad, they are just people who do good or bad. Not five stars, however, because I found it difficult to follow and I’m usually a pretty solid reader. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

amberhammon's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Murder

nojerama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Try to read it in one sitting if possible, my experience was very scattered and therefore I lost a lot of the effect so don’t do what I did. Still an excellent book and a good example of how to write asshole characters who you can still (kinda) root for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

This is 18+ for a reason. Do not give this to a kid. I can’t have that on my conscience

boy_topics's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

I did not enjoy this book. It has aged poorly in a disturbing way (as in it rings too true as something that could've been written by a strange section of humanity in our present moment). It is not a pleasant read and the ending is intensely dissatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

scripturient's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Ugh, I think I'm done with Moore. You'd think the man should be capable to write a SINGLE female character without having her raped and/or tortured, but apparently not. That's just laughable character development.
The plot was interesting in parts, other parts bored me to death, but overall, I just don't get the hype at all. But maybe I was too focused on the rampant sexual violence and misogyny, who knows. I think I'll stick to other writers from now on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

noaregine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Oh boy, this one is complicated. For me, it swung back and forth from incredibly successful to incredibly pretentious in what it was trying to say. None of the characters were likeable at all, and some were straight up monsters, but that was a complexity I liked a lot, I think. Some characters who were morally 'right' about the big issue, were terrible, terrible people. That doesn't sit right with me, but that was the point. The overarching plot of communal strife will unite us fell a bit flat, as the world today proves that isn't really true. I don't know, I'm rambling. I liked parts, and struggled through others. What I did like, more so than the art style, was the smart page layout and panelling. That's something to really pay attention to when reading, more than I've ever encountered in a comic before. What I loved most about this was that it was a gift, and it wasn't necessarily on my radar or anything. Nothing makes me happier than receiving a book handpicked by someone else like with this one :).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, and Homophobia