Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan

9 reviews

alixcallender's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, and Abandonment

Minor: Abandonment and Child abuse

awaterswadesthrough's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Child death

kettrickensmiled's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

Looking at the Magdalene Laundries from a male perspective, the reader is supposed to feel sorry for this man who just has a passing knowledge of the laundries, everyone turns a blind eye, he questions it slightly and meanwhile the women and girls who suffered are giving a passing mention. As a Novella it can’t go too deep into a topic but it left a bad taste in my mouth all the same. Others loved it so each to their own

its_muireann's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse

mary_juleyre's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Child death, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Kidnapping

morganmcnealy's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Child abuse

Minor: Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Grief

alisonburnis's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-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

4.0

This book was blurbed by Hilary Mantel, who called it “Powerful and affecting and very timely,” which is incredibly accurate. Short and spare, this is a story about the Magdalen laundries in Ireland, convent-run laundries where women and girls were incarcerated due to their “fallen” status. 

Bill Furlong is living a tight but comfortable life with his wife Eileen, their five daughters, and his coal yard. He’s a businessman with a content life and generous to all. He was born to a woman who gave birth as a teenager, with no known father, and instead of being cast out, his mother’s employer, Mrs. Wilson, kept his mother on and took care of Bill. 

Bill is busy preparing to Christmas, a busy season for him, when he brings a load of fuel to the Good Shepard nuns, who have a training school and a laundry at the convent. While there, he sees something which shakes him to his core - and that everyone in town seems to deny. 

Subtle but strong, this was a good story. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

chloenfp's review

emotional sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

cassidyryan's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Suicide