Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

158 reviews

asa_s_16's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, Outing

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia

krishnak's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It felt like the author was trying to handle a lot of complex themes but the execution wasn't handled well. There were a lot of moments where something interesting was mentioned but then never followed up on. The pacing of the book was also off and the ending left a lot to be desired. While enjoyable, the book had a lot of potential that it didn't live up to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism

hannahrogers's review

4.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation

spark_879's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Outing, Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, War

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Minor: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy

Pedophilia warning is just in case, for an adult woman behaving flirtatiously towards the teenage protagonist.

olivier_d_ace's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective 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: Complicated

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Absolutely loved this book, characters were very realistic and the themes explored where greatly handled

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship

Moderate: War, Deportation

Minor: Miscarriage

scrunklyguy's review

4.75

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Originally I bought this book for the pretty cover, I had no idea what it was about, but oh am I glad I chose to read it.

I really liked this book even if the pace is slower than what I usually read. I actually quite enjoyed reading all the little details and even if ever so often I remembered a detail that turned out to not matter all that much story-wise it didn't feel like I wasted my time reading words for nothing.

And if you're like me and you dislike reading spicy scenes this book is great because it barely contains any (explicit that is, there of course are mentions of sex and sometimes it's more than others but overall I didn't feel like it was too difficult to read) 

A thing that shocked me was the language use in this book. Many words that today would be considered very offensive were used and at first it made me upset but I later realized it was simply the author trying to stay true to the 50's, so naturally that kind of language was used back then.

This book definitely made me reflect on many things and I really recommend reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Outing

Minor: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

mikki_9's review

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

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100% my favourite book of the year so far. Maybe favourite ever?? I'm so so so so so happy I decided to read this <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

Minor: War

narbine's review

4.25

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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So much to relate to as a young queer kid figuring it out. Especially as a child of an immigrant who is not white.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality

sknappy1's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deportation

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia