Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

11 reviews

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

"In unison, they set about tearing up the plants that had been growing around their house until now, in order to plant others that they'd bought at a shop. It was hard to tell what logic was driving them."

"Deep inside their anthill, the Ants cling to each other in a large ball and sleep like that until spring. I only wish people had the same sort of confidence in each other."

'"Why are you crying?" I asked.
"You're so kind..."
"I know," I replied.
"What about you? Why are you crying?" he said.
That I didn't know.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Religious bigotry, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism, Ableism, and Addiction

rach_fornow's review against another edition

the way this main character talks about her theory of men “getting autism” (followed by a reasoning that is extremely ableist about autism) made me immediately return the book to the library

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

jewelrybonney's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Ableism

Minor: Body horror

enmybooks's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A pleasant read! Not what I normally read at all. I loved the authors use of language even though I was reading a translation. The characters and plot less so though it was still pleasant. The main character is a Karen in many ways though her actions make perfect sense to her and she does have redeeming qualities and is somewhat self aware. Fun to read through her thoughts as the plot unfolds. The twist at the end is obvious though the book doesn't hinge everything on trying to shock you with it, which is great. The ending was anti-climatic but I'm not upset by it or anything. 

The main character did say some ableist things about autism though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism

kllyholt's review

Did not finish.

It seemed interesting enough but I had to stop at the second chapter, because really, ‘Testosterone Autism’? The whole thing was really offensively worded and distasteful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

bedtimesnack's review

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Animal death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Child death, Fatphobia, Confinement, and Sexism

basonok's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I lost track of the plot of the book midway through. I wanted to like this book but ableist and fatphobic commentaries ruined the book for me. I could see the author’s background in psychology possibly seeping into the writing, but it was in such an ignorant and irresponsible way towards neurodivergence and mental illnesses. While attempting to make a social commentary on the value of certain age groups, people with chronic illnesses and other groups in society, it was written poorly in my opinion and had at times the opposite effect in devaluing the appearance, mannerisms, and capabilities of other characters in the story (especially those not in the main character’s friend group). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Ableism

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Murder, Sexism, Death, Animal death, and Violence

Warning for a plot revolving around

beloved pet dogs killed by people

. Only brief descriptions, but those deaths are central to the plot.

uranaishi's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Ableism, Medical content, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Vomit

ultrabookgeek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

If you are looking for an unusual mystery where the focus is on the characters and environment, this is the book for you. The enviroment is the focus with beautiful, vivid detail. If you love being inside the mind of the narrator, no matter how different they may view the world than you (not in a political way), this is also a great choice. I really came to understand the logic and emotions of the narrator, and really felt for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Ableism