Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

50 reviews

kcbbooks0125's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Excrement

kato_dg's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

parkyparkpark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

christiec5's review against another edition

I hated how the author described women and only treated them as sexual objects to be oogled and owned. The male characters were sexist and gross and I absolutely could not stand Fermin. The people that Daniel "interviewed" told him literally everything they knew even though they just met him??? And he wanted to touch and kiss the women constantly - it was disgusting to read. I was interested in the story of Carax and what happened to him and who the devil was but I couldn't get through the actual book any longer and just googled the plot & ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest and Sexism

cheyrohm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Confused by the number of five star reviews on this. Did we read the same book? Although it has a couple of exciting parts, most of the plot is obscured by overly flowery prose. I just wanted the author to get to the point already! 

And the misogyny... Ugh. I get it's set in the 40s/50s but there is literally not one female character in here that is described by something other than their beauty, youth, or fertility. Gross. And they exist solely to develop the character of Daniel, of course.

Also, the mystery is finally revealed by way of...someone writing it all out in a letter? Now that's a cheap writing trick if I ever heard one. Seems like the author didn't know how to wrap it up so threw this in at the last quarter of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

sophielab's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

xlaraxk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Torture

littlebook's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

Sexist, misogynistic

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

shooper's review against another edition

It's really a pity. It's especially hard for me to dnf this right now because I just dnf'd another book. The writing in this book was exquisite- it would've got 4 stars. However, the author degrades women at almost every step of the way. I later learned that in the latter half of this book there are instances of homophobia and even ableism. I honestly can't get myself to read something like that and then give it any stars. I'm so upset because I had such high expectations. Oh well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Ableism and Homophobia

theunexpectedamphibian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism