Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Street by Ann Petry

11 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Really well written. Keeps you reading even though the pace is slow and the plot extremely depressing. 

There's nothing happy or hopeful about this story, and the layers of oppression and injustice remain virtually unchanged almost a century later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Classism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Slavery, and Animal cruelty

theknitpick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Violence

miqnightrain's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Infidelity

walkie_check's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Child death, and Trafficking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Bullying, War, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Rape, and Confinement

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

I started this book for a class but found that I really enjoyed finishing it outside of the classroom setting. It offers great commentary on racism, survival, capitalism, and the darker side of the American Dream. This book had some very enlightening points about the oppression of POC and impoverished people, as well as how those two points correlate. It's a book that still holds relevance in our society today and is worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Murder, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Violence

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury

_inge_'s review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is both technically well written and packs an emotional punch as well. The number of ways that our main character Lutie is taken advantage of and being kept back is astounding. It makes the ending somewhat understandable - although also quite abrupt. But maybe that's just me being brainwashed in needing / expecting happy endings all around. Life doesn't always have happy endings. 

The men in this book are all utter crap, except Bub. Talk about preying on women and seeing them as objects to be manipulated and obtained at will. The women only seem to be able to survive in some sort of comfort when they lend themselves to play along in the games the men play, even if it means oppressing other women. It's eat or be eaten it seems.

Essential reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Sexual harassment

mariaviola's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

“from the time she was born, she had been hemmed into an ever-narrowing space, until now she was very nearly walled in and the wall had been built up brick by brick by eager white hands.”

after finishing the street, all i can say is that this was a heartbreaking read, and what made it so heartbreaking was all of its honesty. there is no sugarcoating here—here is the story of a poor black single mother living in the 1940s and the things she goes through in trying to build a better life for her and her son. it’s raw and painful and some characters you will just want to hug and others you will want to beat the sh*t out of. it’s not very fast-paced but it’s a must-read in my opinion.

→ my rating ♡ 4.5/5 stars ←

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

bjdarby's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity