Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

4 reviews

mxpringle's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book took such insane turns that I never expected from the start of it. I thoroughly enjoyed how real the characters felt throughout all that they were faced 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Murder, Abortion, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Sexism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Outing, Grief, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

natanidae's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Infidelity, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

hamletslover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexism, Infidelity, Death, and Toxic relationship