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booksandpasta's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
mbookishbanter's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Thank you to HarperCollins for this ARC and the opportunity to provide an unbiased review.
Unrated due to it being a memoir.
I really enjoyed the first part of this book butfound that the end started to feel very repetitive and like we were circling the same point which felt tedious. If it had ended perhaps 50-100 pages sooner it would have been a 4.5 - 5 star read. I also felt like, as a single straight woman who is dating, I started to feel hopeless about men. I think there are still good men out there, while still acknowledging that women suffer through and tolerate a lot of awful things.. All in all I did relate to the stories that were being told, and think it’s an important discussion to have.
The writing was beautiful and lyrical and some lines really stuck with me.
Unrated due to it being a memoir.
I really enjoyed the first part of this book but
The writing was beautiful and lyrical and some lines really stuck with me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
michellereadatrix's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
I received a Netgalley ARC of The Chain. These are my honest thoughts.
If you're a fan of women finding solidarity in the shared stories of misogyny, this is your book. The primary villain is an ex of the author, who did her, and every other woman he ever met, extremely wrong in ways it's hard to understand if you have empathy and a conscience.
But the story isn't only about this unnamed man, although the thread of the harm he did is woven through the story. It's also a story of other men, of a system and a society that will not hold these men accountable, and of how women navigate this world alone and together.
Chimene Suleyman is open, and vulnerable, and raw about her experience and the aftermath. Thje damage this man left in his wake. She speaks of loss due to her abortion. She speaks of almost all-encompassing depression, and she speaks of the chain created by women who share their stories coming together.
If you're a fan of women finding solidarity in the shared stories of misogyny, this is your book. The primary villain is an ex of the author, who did her, and every other woman he ever met, extremely wrong in ways it's hard to understand if you have empathy and a conscience.
But the story isn't only about this unnamed man, although the thread of the harm he did is woven through the story. It's also a story of other men, of a system and a society that will not hold these men accountable, and of how women navigate this world alone and together.
Chimene Suleyman is open, and vulnerable, and raw about her experience and the aftermath. Thje damage this man left in his wake. She speaks of loss due to her abortion. She speaks of almost all-encompassing depression, and she speaks of the chain created by women who share their stories coming together.
This was almost a perfect book for me other than timelines got a little muddled on occasion.
paulaaav's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.25
sophiekingo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion and Domestic abuse
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