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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

35 reviews

culown's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia and Xenophobia

char1otte's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

As soon as I finished the last sentence, all I wanted to do was start again from the beginning.
Such a deeply emotional, clever and captivating book! As someone who at a first, superficial glance has little in common with the characters, I still found it so easy to relate to the profoundly human topics explored here and have to admit I learned a lot about myself. Would recommend to anyone - even though I was first stirred away from this by a friend who didn't like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, and Transphobia

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Racism

Minor: Bullying

renjamin's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I read this book almost entirely in one day and I found the stories to be incredibly captivating. Evaristo has a way of drawing you into a book with so many characters that I was worried it would all feel lost and quite muddled but I couldn't have been more wrong.  My main critique of the book and the thing holding me back from giving this a five-star review is the way that it treats its trans characters. For a book called Girl, Woman, Other, I would've expected a much more nuanced perspective on trans issues. I felt like Morgans character development was rushed and I didn't appreciate the consistent use of the wrong pronouns for them even at points from their own perspective. I also really didn't like that so many of the queer women expressed terf like views that were barely challenged by the people around them even when they disagreed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

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

debookgeek's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Addiction, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Deadnaming, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

I generally enjoy books that jump from one perspective to another, and this is no exception. I liked slowly realizing how each of the characters connected with the others. I will admit, however, that some of the narratives ran together, and some narratives were a lot more fleshed out than others. 

The one thing I didn't like flat out was the way trans topics were handled in the book. I thought it was great to read about Morgan's understanding of themselves and their loving long-term relationship. However, the other characters in the book repeated anti-trans talking points almost completely unchallenged. Given the growing anti-trans sentiment in Britain in particular, plus the fact that so few cis people claim to know anyone who is trans or be informed on trans issues, I felt that this was not a responsible way to frame these conversations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Homophobia, Transphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Racism, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Xenophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Child death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Cursing, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Incest, Islamophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Antisemitism, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, and Mass/school shootings

ifersinklings's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

 Overall, this story was interesting. I don't know that I understood half of it, but I enjoyed learning about the characters, their lives, and figuring out how all of them connected with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

rosalind's review

dark hopeful informative reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Miscarriage, Child death, Xenophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Sexism, Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

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

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

lilacsophie's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Transphobia, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Biphobia