Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

17 reviews

anniefwrites's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I’d never read Roxane Gay’s fiction before, but it’s just as searing as her essays. Every story sucked me in in a way I haven’t quite experienced with a short story collection before, and the discomfort I felt around the women featured in the stories was surely intentional. Her language is straightforward without lacking emotion, and she tackles traumatic and painful events with a brave incisiveness. Not for the faint of heart, but worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War

breadwitchery's review

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Fatphobia, Self harm, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

colbsbookshelf's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

keatynbergsten's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book had many stories that were incredible and truly showed the resilience that is so often needed to be a woman in the world today, however there were a few stories that I felt just didn't totally work for me and I wanted more from so 3.5-4 stars for me.  Trigger warnings abound in this book so it is not for everyone but definitely a remarkable and well put together collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

vash_e's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

sachikoriddle's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Racism, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest and Misogyny