Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

121 reviews

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

The title of the book is contradictory in that only the first part of the book is from Briseis’ perspective. The second and third parts rotate between Achilles’ POV, Briseis’ POV and like a third person narrator? Idk it took away from the story a little bit for me because it was literally a silencing of the girls. Not sure if that was intentional. I understand why we got heavily into Achilles’ perspective once Patroclus died, but the story was supposed to be about Briseis’ experience so the story lost its structure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was an amazing look into more of Briseis’ story. It tells her as a main character, instead of usually having her as a side character with Achilles as the main character. It was incredibly refreshing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lotten4's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

princess424's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I really liked the concept of this book. Giving the power back to the women of the Trojan War. This book was good. I kind of wish we had the pov of Helen but I absolutely love Briseis and her story was different because we usually get perspectives of the Greeks and how they fought the war and it’s a one sided war but this book gave the Trojans names and opinions and stories which was great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

gilroi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

ellacole03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Child death

tuskany1066's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

mikesqw's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

teddywinter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

anyone who enjoyed the song of achilles should read this too. not because you’ll necessarily enjoy it, but because it’s necessary to confront.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

jillianhd's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Brutal but beautiful retelling of the fall of Troy through the eyes of the enslaved women surviving among the Greeks. Barker chose every descriptor so each sentence packed a visceral punch. // “Time played curious tricks too: expanding, contracting, burrowing back into itself in the form of memories that were more vivid than daily life.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence