Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

5 reviews

scifi_rat's review

reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Death, and Infidelity

theasdertt's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

claire_s's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

annaamaralanderson1997's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Cancer

piakau's review against another edition

medium-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? No

3.0

The book was fine but I'm tired of white American authors writing about cultures (particularly Indigenous cultures) they have no connection to. If I had realized that was the case for this I wouldn't have picked it up and I found it hard to ignore as I was reading the story.

The book reads like a collection of short stories. I enjoyed the format and style of writing initially but got a bit tired of trying to keep up with all the characters and reading story after story about miserable and powerless women. I know lots of people love the ending but I personally  think it would have been stronger without the last chapter which felt almost like an add-on to give readers a tidy (unrealistic) ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism