Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

15 reviews

oweatherwax's review

challenging emotional relaxing 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Homophobia, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexism, Transphobia, War, and Abandonment

Minor: Transphobia and Toxic relationship

delisouseyelids's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, Alcohol, Hate crime, Pregnancy, War, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Racism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Car accident, and Homophobia

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

I’m so happy there is a sequel haha. And I want to see the movie! It was difficult for me to understand Ari in the first half of the book or so, but maybe it’s because I don’t have the experience of being a teenage boy growing up under the constraints of toxic masculinity/machismo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Racism, Drug use, Car accident, Cursing, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Death, and Sexual assault

profilernewt07's review

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

To be honest it wasn’t a book I would normally read, it’s an easy read, but I was left unsatisfied with the ending. I know their is a sequel I probably won’t invest my time in, I just believe that I enjoy plot driven books more, so a book that didn’t have plot as a main point left me  a feeling bored. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it either, the slow pace definitely brought it down a bit as it was hard to get into for a first read- most likely will not reread, not that there’s anything wrong with it but I also detested some of the comments about women that there was in the book: when Dante was talking to his mom about the name of her baby that she will give birth to, and when she asked if she had an opinion on this Dante said no and that the only thing she should do is clean. Overall, the comment felt weird coming from a man and the fact that it wasn’t address and explored more was a missed lesson.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Sexism, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and War

hotbitch's review

lighthearted fast-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

Graphic: Car accident, War, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

cherrycoeur's review

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, and Sexism

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

The book was absolutely amazing until the last ~50 pages. The transphobia ruined it for me. Also the ending felt a bit rushed compared to how things happened before. But all in all the book is great and I would definitely recommend it. Although the author is not a good person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, Violence, Homophobia, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Transphobia

Minor: Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Cancer

a_new_elisabeth's review

hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

Mostly just boring, really. Also, noticed the subtle sexism. Not just in the characters, but it's quite obvious the author also feels that way.

He kept describing them to be laughing. At nothing funny. There wasn't anything for me to laugh about, and therefor the emotions of the characters almost never matched mine. Don't think that's the intention.

He's trying so hard to make this mean something. It was just another example of generational trauma. Not that well done either.

 

Also, if your brother killed an innocent person, just because your brother is transphobic, you should react more horrified. Plus, you want to start contacting him? Why? He's awful. We don't forgive people like that. We shun people like that. What the hell?

 

Boy am I glad I bought it second hand and didn't give the author my money.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexism

Minor: Animal death and Transphobia

mrdeadman's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, and Sexism

t712h4's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Sexism, and Transphobia