Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Outlawed by Anna North

90 reviews

merakiomia's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Honestly not action packed, it’s very tame for something that feels like it’s very plot  driven. I fell in love with The Kid though, wish there was more of her!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Infertility, Sexual content, Sexism, Miscarriage, Outing, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Racism

my content warning is from what i can remember, so they may be a little off since i read this book a couple of weeks ago

taylahmay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion and Miscarriage

emelymarie's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

zeebookdragon's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Misogyny, and Infertility

werewolvesnotswearwolves's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, and Transphobia

astoldbyangela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

to me, this book is a modern handmaid’s tale & a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body horror

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Racism, Mental illness, Medical content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

hannahr's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

dinospider's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, and Self harm

nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition

2.25

Ostensibly set in a mostly-dystopian 1894 Texas town that places a premium on women's ability to bear children and suspects infertile women of witchcraft, this book is narrated by Ada, a seventeen-year-old wife and midwife's apprentice who has been exiled from her community after a year of marriage with no child. Passionate about science and serving women, Ada finds herself in the company of the Hole in the Wall gang, a group of outlawed outsiders with a flexible and fluid approach to gender, love, sex, and justice. 

This feminist take on a Western novel, filled with crime, adventure, and challenging authority, was certainly creative, but I was quite the right audience for it. Indeed, I was so distracted by the references to race, doctors, baby Jesus, the Flu and Fever, and the seeming dissolution of the United States that I was almost more focused on trying to figure out whether this was a dystopian alternative history (a Confederate win in the Civil War?) or a dystopian future (post COVID-19?), and I'm honestly still confused. 

I also was pretty confused by the role of religion and by all of the characters. There were many, each with a painful background, but none was particularly well-developed, and the sub-plots detracted rather than added to the story. The one exception to this, in my opinion, was Lark's story, which surprised and intrigued me, but he, too, was an underdeveloped character who stuck around too briefly. 

I appreciate the reviewer who acknowledged that this book offers a different take on the Hole in the Wall gang. I had no idea that this gang was a real concept and really disappointed that there was no Author's Note explaining that research and that choice (which guess means this is an alt-history novel?). 

I picked this up because I needed a quick read to help propel me out of a slump (too many classics in a row/at a time can do that to you), and it was definitely successful in that respect. The story was engaging enough and kept me turning the pages for the few hours that this took to finish, but ultimately, I think Anna North bit off more than she could chew--infertility, religion, feminism, justice, gender fluidity, insomnia, mental health, medicine, mothering, Western adventure--and it really didn't work for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts