Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

30 reviews

bookbrig's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I looooooved this. It's such a satisfying read that blends survival, science, flying, math, and friendship with an amazing married couple. Plus: space!!! 

10/10 will read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

cynthiareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

Minor: Sexual harassment and Suicide attempt

deedireads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

I'll do a full review of the series when I finish all three, but thoughts on book 1:

• Creative, emotional premise (alternate history in which a meteor destroyed DC and the East Coast in the early 1950s, triggering an extinction event like the dinosaurs, with a female mathematician MC who decides to fight to be the first woman in space)
• Not super fast paced, but still a pretty quick read
• Love the Jewish rep, especially in SFF and in the 50s
• Great commentary on the stigmatization of mental health challenges and treatment
• Occasionally cheesy or bumpy writing but could be worse for sure
• I like that the main characters (white) are progressive but not unrealistically so for their time; they make mistakes (especially about race and feminism) and try to learn from them
• Elma and Nethaniel are OTP and their cheesy fade-to-black bedroom scenes make me smile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide attempt

elliethelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Antisemitism

booksthatburn's review against another edition

The setting is an alternate-history version of the 1950’s and 1960’s after a meteorite strikes and wipes out most of the USA’s East Coast. While it’s undoubtedly science fiction, it’s not my preferred kind. It has really nuanced portrayals of issues like sexism and anxiety, but ultimately those are too real for me right now, mostly because of the historical setting.

Not my thing but seems well done, try this if you want an alternate history portrayal of women fighting sexist inertia to be in flight after a catastrophe turns the world’s attention to escaping off-planet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Antisemitism

chessakat's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

fiveredhens's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

i did not care for this book at all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death and Misogyny

Minor: Antisemitism

white savior trope

aardwyrm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

Difficult to read at times because it deals very directly with the double-binds facing women (and making an effort to include all women) in the culture, this is more a work of sociological science fiction than anything else. There's lots of good stuff about rockets and physics! But the alternate history aspects hinge as much on the shock to a culture on the brink of the cold war and the aggressive, history-blind conformity of the fifties suddenly being thrown off that trajectory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Mental illness, Ableism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, and Racism

narzibenoucdel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Antisemitism and Racism