Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Mädchen, Frau, etc. by Bernardine Evaristo

42 reviews

adeliab's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Slavery

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Slavery, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

avacate9's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

cayleigh's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

Once, I got used to the unconventional style of writing, I could not put this book down. Evaristo delicately weaves 12 stories of unique, seemingly real characters together in a way that left me clamouring for more. Girl, Woman, Other oftentimes felt closer to poetry, it was so beautifully executed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

elianawolfson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

3.75

Enjoyed the writing style and the themes- I understand the reception this book has received, but it just wasn’t really my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

_aine_16's review against another edition

fast-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

3.5

my mum gave me this book and it was pretty good! I really like all the povs so you can see different aspects of the characters, and how they all tie together. the chapters are quite short so it's an easy read. the end is quite cheesy but I did not like how often it used lesbian slurs 😀 which was very often, in a casual way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

thevietvegan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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

5.0

I was really disoriented by the writing style at first, but once I got to Dominiques chapter I was really invested. The characters range from being infuriatingly problematic to charming and challenging. Such a wide range of characters and I loved that you saw echoes of the different characters in the subsequent chapters.

The writing style is like spoken word, it is emphatic and confusing to follow in the beginning, but past the first few chapters it really flows and doesn’t disorient you anymore. The narrative style reminds me of Homegoing or Under the Rainbow, where you are taken through various characters through a timeline to piece together how all these characters connect. I really enjoyed it in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

porterpa's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

tomrae1's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cancer

char1otte's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

As soon as I finished the last sentence, all I wanted to do was start again from the beginning.
Such a deeply emotional, clever and captivating book! As someone who at a first, superficial glance has little in common with the characters, I still found it so easy to relate to the profoundly human topics explored here and have to admit I learned a lot about myself. Would recommend to anyone - even though I was first stirred away from this by a friend who didn't like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Transphobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation