Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

45 reviews

kbbru's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

iono's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-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? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Antisemitism

Minor: Sexual content

motherbeetle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

I loved this book so much! It was so well written & grabbed my attention from the very start. The only reason I haven’t given it 5 stars is because of the inclusion of several cringey sex scenes involving rocket metaphors. Other than that though, it was a thrilling read! Some parts were difficult due to subject matter, but it was handled very well in my opinion. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Pregnancy, Dementia, and Mental illness

Minor: Excrement

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit

metchap's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

rainbowrachel's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? No

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexism and Racism

tlaynejones's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Racism

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

tay_af's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book immensely, and found the writing and descriptions to be particularly vivid—sometimes in ways that were painful to read. I’m curious to see where the story goes next. My main critique is that the (honestly, relatively unnecessary) sex scenes between the main character and her husband used a significant number of “rocket launch” euphemisms which, while perhaps amusing in theory, felt hokey and broke some of the immersion of the book in practice. Occasionally, the jargon was a bit hard to follow as well, but the grounding in an almost-familiar setting helped offset this. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide attempt

yuyine's review against another edition

inspiring tense 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? N/A

5.0

C’est un coup de coeur pour Vers les étoiles! Le roman est absolument passionnant  et propose une uchronie palpitante qui dénonce le sexisme et le racisme de l’époque (et bien évidemment de la notre, malheureusement), parle d’enjeux écologiques et met des étoiles plein les yeux grâce à la passion sincère d’Elma et ses paires. L’héroïne, avec ses failles et son talent, est absolument inoubliable. Vivement la découverte de la suite!

Critique complète sur yuyine.be!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol