Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

44 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Pedophilia, Self harm, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Animal death

Moderate: Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Classism

bella_cavicchi's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I found this compulsively readable and incredibly dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Child death, Self harm, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Murder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Excrement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Body shaming, Blood, and Animal death

scruffbucketragamuffin's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexism, Alcoholism, Blood, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

fujo_cat's review

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Full review here: https://fujoreads.tumblr.com/post/744584555725488128/boy-parts-by-eliza-clark

This book gave me a lot to talk about, but if I had to summarise it: this is a deep dive into an exasperated woman’s mind and how trauma can shape your whole thinking. The writing is crude and realistic but jaded and there’s a lot of themes to make us reflect on various issues. 

Personally, I love flawed protagonists and cast, so this was a great read for me, even if heavy at times. It’s one of those reads that made me stay a bit too late reading, so definitely a page-turner! 

If you don’t enjoy unlikeable characters or crude ways of showing heavy issues, I wouldn’t recommend this. You’ll just have a bad time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Homophobia

kotletka_polina's review

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

I didn’t hate it but o certainly didn’t like it. There isn’t enough plot and I dislike it when the whole book is about “oh look she’s so edgy and horrible and does disgusting things she should be in jail for” and nothing else.
The main character is insufferable but that’s the whole point. I just wish it was done better, more epic/intense because I wasn’t encouraged to read further. 
Overall it was okay but boring to read and in the ending there’s zero conclusion or sort of outcome so you have to like philosophising about content afterwards to make the book make sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Rape, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Superb audiobook reading. I thought it was awful but then I realised that it was just the main character that was awful. This book is what I wanted my year of rest and relaxation to be. It read like Effie from Skins got into photography and got infinitely more mean. At first I thought this book was gratuitously excessively unhinged, but as I kept reading I found the concepts the book was exploring really compelling.

Although I was frustrated that it took as long as it did to drop the hook into the story surrounding “my boy”, I really loved the way the author handled the slide into unreliability as Irena’s reality dissolved around her, and I really enjoyed the emotional roller coaster the author put you through as a reader, how she played around with empathy the reader feels for her alongside her unforgivable cruelty. 

The ending was very abrupt. I like that there is no resolution to knowing what is and isn’t real, but I also felt the story didn’t really reach a conclusion either. With a tweaked ending I think I would have rated it much higher.

I viscerally hated reading much of this, it felt like watching a car crash, but I also didn’t want to stop listening to it. I don’t like horror as a genre, but I’m glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

pingi444's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Sexism, Murder, Rape, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Torture, Sexual content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

larakennedy's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Murder, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

pamel_au_miel's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexism

laureljanes's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death, Drug abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Violence, Drug use, Sexual violence, Blood, Cursing, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness