Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

92 reviews

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

I normally love books that hurt me but… something didn’t land for me with this one. Every single chapter seemed to house a new horror that Betty had to witness or experience, and I guess I can’t say too much because this is based off of real life, but it was just brutal. And it was brutal in a way oftentimes smothered what light and love did exist in the story. I never felt like I understood Betty as a person outside of the tragedy that was her life (and mostly she was just recording traumatic events that happened to her family members, so I thought it was weird that she was the narrator, the emotional weight just wasn’t quite there ever??). Landon was the most interesting and well rounded character, and even then sometimes he just felt like a caricature of a person (and like… did he know and not do anything about it?? Could that have been investigated a bit deeper??). I didn’t understand the newspaper clippings/the final reveal at the end, it took up a lot of space for very little pay off. The writing was beautiful and I loved what this book had to say about storytelling, but I’m unsure if this was worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Pedophilia, Abortion, Death, Incest, Rape, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism

brodway's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Incest

Minor: Drug use

bonnie9595's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Incest, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Medical trauma, Self harm, Rape, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

briannad4's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Death of parent, Self harm, Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

amspen's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Bullying, Child death, Sexism, and Violence

annabelle42688's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book has every trigger warning you can imagine. I can't see myself recommending this book to anyone, but it's based on a true story and well written. I have to give five stars, but I'll never reread it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Animal death, Miscarriage, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

laureen_lamzc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Physical abuse, Incest, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Self harm, Abortion, Racism, and Sexual violence

athenabirch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexism, and Rape

roksana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Death, Racism, Incest, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Drug use

vendelad's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Incest

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Self harm, Child death, Classism, and Death of parent