Reviews

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

dawnthoma100's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? N/A

5.0

adored this book overall. The premise and theme of the plot are progressive and upbeat. However, it is punctuated by raw details of suffering and hardship. For me, this book served as education on how marginalised people of colour felt in their lives. This book was needed to spun the light on race. 

lour28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring 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

shaaawndangooo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

bluefelix's review against another edition

reflective 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

kmaxey08's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

Girl, Woman, Other is a special book (thanks for the reco, book twin! you know who you are). A tidy novel of what are essentially short stories about different Black British women that all tie together in the end, this book was emotional, engaging and involved. The stories of these women, whose lives are all entangled, were in some ways relatable, but in other ways not, in which case I learned about the experiences of other humans (one of the points of reading, and literature...). Just read this. You'll be glad you did and you'll be sad when it's over, and wish that more books were just this hopeful, true, and beautiful.

tarantella's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

martsfrommars's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

lavenderbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

quailtea's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

really remarkable writing, outrageous profound and insightful capturing of a breadth of human experience and voice. the structure wore a bit at the end and i lost the plot with some of the characters. still a total marvel.

lqueijo's review against another edition

5.0

Consegue perceber-se porque é que este livro ganhou (ex aequo) o Booker Prize (claro que teriam de premiar, também, Margaret Atwood, não fosse ela quem é...).
Este é um livro politicamente correcto, nos dias que correm. Feminista, contado pelas vozes de mulheres, quando o feminismo está tão em voga; racial, uma vez que, maioritariamente, as vozes são negras e a questão racial está ao rubro; sexualmente liberal, onde a homossexualidade feminina é quase o tema central (ainda que a questão da identidade de género me tenha parecido algo forçada) e anti-sistema, criticando a postura imperial que o Reino Unido sempre adoptou, relativamente aos emigrantes que ao longo de gerações ali procuraram (e continuam a procurar) melhores condições de vida. Nestas circunstâncias seria difícil não receber as críticas que recebeu.
É, também, um portento de imaginação que entretece várias histórias pessoais (com uma quantidade imensa de personagens) ligando-as, pontualmente, e estabelecendo uma “quase” cronologia das dificuldades e conquistas na inserção e aceitação das mulheres negras e das suas opções, numa sociedade tradicionalista.
É excelente.
Definitivamente a ler.