Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

1306 reviews

bretton's review

challenging hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, and Rape

ceilisbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

jules1090's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Abandonment, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide and Homophobia

kyjade_x's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Death, Bullying, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

miorinsa's review

inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Sexism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

novaa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Grief, Abandonment, and Rape

dillyp's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Death and Rape

Minor: Car accident

jessiphillips's review

medium-paced

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

2.0

This book felt like too many things. I think it wanted to be heartfelt but it bounced between funny and dark in a way that was not satisfying or appropriate. I didn’t like Elizabeth Zott. It felt like a complete fantasy. Too generalized characters, Mad Zott was too unrealistic (which could have been fixed so easily by aging her up), 6:30 was was adorable but felt out of place, I didn’t like the cuts to random families in their living rooms. I wanted to like this book so badly but it just missed the mark for me. Big thumbs down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

sjexley's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

Quite possibly the last person on earth to read this, but I've been saving it for book club♥️  It's the 1960s, and Elizabeth is a chemist who keeps getting dicked over by male co-workers/men in power bc she's a female.  She meets the love of her life (my fave storyline in the book), she takes up rowing, she becomes pregnant. She gets fired for said pregnancy and becomes the host of an afternoon TV cooking show (cooking is chemistry!) I loved Elizabeth. I loved the dog. I loved Mad. The sexism was hard, and I think the book missed an opportunity to include conversations about race, but I enjoyed the story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Body shaming