Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

3 reviews

ricoconritmo's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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I wish I could rate each story separately. I loved Sonny's Blues and The Outing.  All were very well written, but Man-Child and Going to Meet the Man seriously disturbed me.  I wasn't prepared for that level of horror and graphic evil.  The worst part, other than the fact that the words and images are already haunting me, is that it's all so utterly believable.  The banality of evil is a real thing. God have mercy on us all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

la_lily_lu_le_lo's review against another edition

4.25

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Sonny's Blues and Previous Condition are my favorites, Going To Meet The Man itself as a story may be the most disgusting thing I have ever read ~ not unintentionally of course.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

micha_reads's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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The first couple of stories were pretty slow and I had trouble connecting with the religious themes. The other stories were quite different, with complex and conflicted characters. Really happy to have gotten such a wide sampling of Baldwin's work as I had only read two of his novels before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder