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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

7 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Car accident, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

bells_shelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

WOW. This book has left me speechless. I almost DNF’ed this book around page 50-60, but then I was completely sucked in. The character writing is incredible, and they feel undeniably like real people. What a story. There were so many stories all wrapped up in one, and the way it was told was beautiful. This is a read I’ll never forget. There were so many beautiful sentences, the writing is impeccable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Incest, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Police brutality and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Islamophobia

mousmoulo's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

i had to read this for uni, and nearly a month later it's FINALLY over. this isn't to say that i didn't enjoy it, i just really don't know how to feel about it.

it was too long and too slow for my liking. i've somehow never read another book following different generations one after the other and i found it far more interesting than i expected. some parts were very enjoyable, others bored me to death. overall a very mixed bag of a book.

what is important to point out is that i read/watched some reviews of the book from actual intersex people, because i was curious if it was accurate in any way, shape or form. turns out, it's not really, from what i've gathered, which brings up some issues (e.g. cal's being intersex as "punishment" for

his grandparents incest

, the emphasis on genitalia etc.). 

an enlightening review on the book by an intersex person (hi, hello, hans on youtube): https://youtu.be/vmyKRGpZclc

no rating until i have some time to think about this, lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Incest

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

carolina2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

Middlesex was very compelling and beautifully written. I do wish more time was spent on Cal’s story and his adult life but besides that I loved it. Also the style of writing reminded me of Pachinko. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Transphobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War

Minor: Car accident

shibaunited's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Grief, Outing, Homophobia, Incest, Lesbophobia, War, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

lanid's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical trauma, War, Sexual harassment, Incest, and Violence

lilycantchoose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Violence, Incest, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Racism