Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

24 reviews

obliviousstill's review

adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-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? N/A

4.0

Used book store find. I liked the premise. Loved the unexpected yearning. I did not know I had picked up an LGBTQ+ book. Did not take long for me to realise. 
(I don't think I should ever reread this book because I'm pretty sure somewhere in my head I considerably shortened the age gap between Thaniel and Keita.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism

Moderate: Sexism

serotonone's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Violence

cookiecat73's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Racism, Gun violence, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Minor: Outing, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Suicide, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, and Classism

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.0

Honestly had no idea where this one was headed! Very enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, Medical content, Child abuse, and Police brutality

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Blood

breadwitchery's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Homophobia

fairygodson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Cursing, Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexism

panflutes's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

this starts out as if it's about unraveling the mystery of a bombing, but that's mostly just there to orchestrate a meet-cute between thaniel and mori--two of the three principal characters. the third is grace, and good lord is she awful. she's selfish, spiteful, and is the epitome of a pick-me. any time a chapter focusing on her came up, i had to force myself to keep going. "oh i don't think women should be allowed to vote because i'm the only smart one"--girl, bye. the rest of the book is mostly about thaniel and mori just vibing until grace decides to be a complete lunatic about everything. 

basically, this is a pretty run of the mill historical romance in the guise of a mystery, with some vaguely magical elements thrown in. i probably would have enjoyed it more if grace was a better character or if there was more of a strong plot. and that's not even touching on the pervasive "period typical" racism against asians and the irish. alas! here's to hoping for better from the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Homophobia

looking4thedr's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a while and perfect for late Autumn/Winter reading. I completely devoured this book, because I found the characters, their actions and how they grow throughout, intriguing and exciting.

This book is mysterious and has wonderful payoffs at the end. I will definitely read it again sometime in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Police brutality

btrz7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia