Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

12 reviews

stindex's review against another edition

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Stalking, Sexism, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Self harm

ashhoney's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this books is complicated. most of the characters are extremely troubled, and everything of the plot only makes it worse. seeing multiples visions of different characters is a great feature, it helps understanding the story and, sometimes, makes you want to solve the mystery yourself. Paula Hawkins may have a talent for writing surpringly intense scenes and freaky twists. even though the books has good points, the romantization of abuse and how it adresses it's characters mental issues is horrible and uncomfotable, but if you dont have any problem with this, you might enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Child death, and Sexism

Minor: Gun violence and Violence

maroar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Body shaming and Infertility

aisclaradm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

A really good thriller that had me trying to piece information together right from the very beginning. It was so fun to read a book with such unreliable narrators, because it allowed you to come up with so many different theories. Ultimately, everything tied up really well and I found the plotline and reveals made a lot of sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Violence, Infertility, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Car accident, and Drug use

exist0ni's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is written in a 3 character split narration style, though the characters are intentionally very similar. It creates a murky, unreliable read that can be hard to follow and somewhat repetitive. It has twists and shocking moments, though overall the character motives are weak so the book doesn't feel satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, Abortion, and Sexual violence

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

vincef's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Misogyny, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

nv0101's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Stalking, Sexism, Violence, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

jextown's review against another edition

3.5

I enjoyed this story for the most part even though I liked A Slow Fire Burning better I think. I always have a hard time when women are so obsessed with motherhood though. I think anything is going to be spoiled by that for me. I listen to a lot of crime novels, but I still don't consider myself much of a crime or mystery reader, except that apparently I am to an extent. I don't tend to ever rate them higher than a 3. Anyway, pretty much everyone is this book is awful. Which is fine, it's realistic if not a little relentless. Thought it ended well, but sad what happened to Megan

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Alcoholism, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting