Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

43 reviews

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, and Abortion

Minor: Chronic illness, Vomit, Blood, Terminal illness, and Animal death

smkelly1997's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Overall, a really good book with beautiful writing. However at ti es it often felt slow. The ending was magic though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Misogyny, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape

narbine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Cursing, and Trafficking

bibim's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

reggiethebird's review

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Slavery, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Minor: Excrement and Miscarriage

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

 The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré was a difficult and traumatic read, but well worth the time. This heartbreaking story makes you want to crawl into the pages and hug Adunni as tight as you can as her childhood unfolds. While I’m not typically a fan of stories written phonetically, Daré’s style here helps to solidify Adunni’s place in society and her lack of education. This is such a moving read, but, full-disclosure, I found it hard to get through given the subject matter’s weight. I do highly recommend this book, but be warned that it is not a happy read, nor an easy one. This book handles real life events for so many women (really, young girls who become women too soon), and though it is a fictional account, it doesn’t make these situations any less real. This book will make you think about others on an entirely new plain, but it is well worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexism, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Death, Classism, Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

bookforthought's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infertility

parkmajor_books's review

emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Bullying and Sexism

matchai's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexism, Pedophilia, Rape, Classism, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

frogggirl2's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.0

The narrative voice is so authentic and unique that it's easy to connect to the character and the place.  The misuse of English vocabulary leads to creative, evocative new combinations and creates new context for words which are consistently surprising.

This was a hard read for me because child marriages are pedophilia and this is something that I feel passionate about.  Female children being forced into sexual slavery is something that people are not upset about enough.

How language and education does not determine her value or represent her drive is a powerful message that resonates throughout her many hardships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking