Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

58 reviews

jemappellecat's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Death, and Violence

Minor: Rape

camz's review against another edition

challenging sad 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

4.0

 

2- 4 

La verdad no sé si me gustó o estoy terriblemente decepcionada. 

Este libro es conocido por tratar el racismo pero para mi es ante todo un coming-of -age que usa el racismo para explorar diferencias entre niños y adultos; y cómo procesamos información y vemos el mundo. Esta parte creo que fue escrita de manera adecuada, y si bien es una representación de una niñez prácticamente extinta, tiene un sentimientos universal que podemos reconocer. 

El racismo por otro lado, es tratado la mayoría del tiempo con un tono santurrón de “poner la otra mejilla” y de “combatir el racismo con amabilidad y cortesía”, que fue insoportable de leer, sobre todo considerando que las charlas moralistas vienen de blancos.  

Lo dejo en 4 estrellas porque para mi es un coming-of-age pero me queda el sentimiento que yo no le vi lo que todos parecen ver en este libro, sobre todo no entiendo el amor que genera el personaje de Atticus. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

gagne's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Cursing, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death and Death

chloegshort's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

I really liked this book because I was super into the plot. I didn't want to put the book down and the author did a good job of making me feel the same emotions as the characters. I also liked how it went against the racial norms of that time and fought for racial equality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexism

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Violence, Animal death, and Sexism

samanthaleereads's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexism and Ableism

antoinettemey's review

dark emotional informative reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

library_kb's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I reread this book for grad school class. I hadn't read the book since high school, when it was a whole class novel. I remembered most of the plot details from the story, but did not remember a lot of the perspective portrayed throughout the story. I definitely enjoyed the story less this time around because of the way that even the characters who are supposed to be looked up to excuse racism and even encourage it, or at least do not provide any hope towards a change in structural racism. While there are some inspirational quotables, it bugged me more when the children who are recognizing the racism around them are told to understand where the racist characters are coming from and learn to live/make comfortable the racists' lives at the expense of the black characters' lives. In addition, while very realistic, it was really frustrating to watch the white characters to quietly agree that Tom Robinson was innocent, but not be willing to actually do or even say anything about it. I guess reading it in 2021 I just realize the aspects of the story that my high school teacher really should have challenged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Rape, Murder, and Hate crime