Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

109 reviews

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

The stories in this book are captivating, and Evaristo’s writing style is unlike anything I’ve ever read. I was intimidated by the poetic style at first, but the language in this book flows so easily and beautifully. In each chapter, Evaristo explores the background and internal thoughts of a new character and achieves a depth to each story that’s truly impressive. Seeing the ways in which these characters’ stories are woven together, whether through familial history, friendships, relationships or simply proximity, was amazing, and it was fascinating to see how Evaristo explored so many facets of identity and society throughout. This is a book to savor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Colonisation and Classism

megb64's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexism, Death, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Classism, Racism, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Grief

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

BIG TRIGGER WARNING FOR ON PAGE R*PE. TWICE. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Abandonment

catherineallsop'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Cursing, and Misogyny

Minor: Violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Transphobia, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Drug abuse

bootrat's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Slavery, Child death, Transphobia, Suicide, Miscarriage, Grief, and Misogyny

poenaestante's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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

2.0

Shoutout to the critic that shaded this play Misty by Arinze Kene by asking, "are tales of Black trauma catnip for paying audiences...riddled with white guilt?". I was looking for just the right words to explain why I hated Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. There are other reasons, but this really captures the main one so beautifully. The book was also too long with too many characters.  I just simply stopped  caring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Racism, Homophobia, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

the_bees_books's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

4.25

A fascinating portrait of society and the people who live in it, you shouldnt just read it for it's Booker Prize win. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Racial slurs, and Infidelity

chr_luisa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Death of parent, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use

blubonby's review

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

4.0

I didn’t expect to love this as much as i did. I found a lot of the characters were unlikable in different ways but i enjoyed it, sometimes i wanted to scream at certain characters though (looking at u penelope and shirley), they all felt like real people to me so even when I didn’t like the character I still enjoyed reading. I thought it was a well done exploration of race, class, age and gender and the different trials of adulthood. 
I heard about the writing in a review I seen and I was worried about it not having punctuation but I found that to not really be an issue, I felt like it made the stories flow and I kept wanting to read on. Overall I really enjoyed this book and I wish I read it sooner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Transphobia, Racism, Rape, and Infertility

Moderate: Physical abuse, Addiction, Dysphoria, and Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts