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Tyttö, nainen, toinen by Bernardine Evaristo

88 reviews

martinatan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Abortion

rbacon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

This is essentially a collection of short stories, weaving a small tapestry of the diversity and intersectionality of women in Britain. I loved how it all tied together at the end, each person having some affect on each other. A great reminder that each of us make a difference to others lives, no matter what we do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racial slurs and Transphobia

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I really loved the way all of the stories linked together!  As I was reading each person's story I was so excitedly looking for Easter eggs from the other stories, to see how they interacted.  Seeing it all come together at the end was satisfying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism

scripturient's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

emmajanereads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• 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: Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

georginatomlinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was more than I thought it could be. A series of stories so perfectly woven together to make a rich and complex tapestry. Highly recommend to anyone wanted to be able to empathy and understand other’s experiences. Whether, it’s race, age, ideological, sexual or gender identity, social or economic background, this book has it covered. The structure and the way it is written is so easy to read and hard to stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

alomie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed this book, I borrowed it as an audio book, and I loved it, I will buy it as a physical book for sure it's beautiful. 
I loved how each woman got their own chapters and they all interlinked and you flowed through the book, it's like a river connecting all these seemingly separate women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

beckycarter97's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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 enjoyed this book, and thought the stories told within it were interesting and cleverly connected. I found the pacing odd, while the book discusses the entire lifetimes of some of the characters, there is a level on which nothing happens in this book - it begins and ends only a few hours apart 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Deadnaming

snowhitereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 

It took me a while but I finally finished Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. 

Let me tell you… It was a ride.

It is one of the rare books that lives up to the hype.

I can definitely see why it earned the booker prize for 2019.

This book is made of layers upon layers and stories woven into other stories that in the end create a full picture.

The characters really do seem real and are incredibly well developed.

It spans numerous generations and socioeconomic backgrounds and it is truly diverse, not just in terms of ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation but also in terms of points of view.

It brings to the table problematic and controversial topics and opinions but it doesn’t shy away from demonstrating how discriminatory and extremist they can be . It discusses privilege and the many forms it can take and the hardships of immigrants.

One thing I really appreciated, although very hard to read about, was the portrayal of

an abusive wlw relationship

. It is an issue rarely talked about, but it’s a reality for many people so it’s important to bring awareness to that.

On a completely different note, I did not expect so much wlw content in this book. I don't even remember anyone mentioning it, it was a pleasant surprise for me, but I probably would have read it much sooner if i knew haha.

Cw: domestic violence, rape, racism, suicide, drug use, deadnaming, miscarriage, infedelity, toxic relationship, homophobia, transphobia, racial slurs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, and Transphobia

tashayns's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs and Islamophobia