Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

11 reviews

lesbegays's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

a very slow start, but it picked up a lot in the middle. the end kind of ground to a halt for me, though. the miniaturist adds an element of magical realism throughout the novel, and at the end gets pulled back down into realism while while also not being really explained. i wish that the book had either left that very open-ended and magical or given more detail, as the middle ground really doesn’t work for me. however, this was overall an interesting glimpse at a period in history i know literally nothing about. 
i never would have read this if not for it being a book club pick, but i don’t regret it. 
MAJOR content warning for societal homophobia of the sort you would expect from a puritan nation in the 1600s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, Animal death, Outing, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Minor: Confinement, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Slavery, and Colonisation

moogblue's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

It was quite a slow start, and I found the lack of resolution of some of the mysterious elements a little disappointing but overall I did enjoy the book. The last quarter was the strongest, with a much faster plot as well as some character development. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Blood, Suicide attempt, Outing, Murder, Abortion, Slavery, Rape, Sexism, and Death

nicolaparty's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Classism, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Sexism

gaeke's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

+1 for having short chapters. the first half of this book was slow. however, once we picked up it got dramatic. I didn't expect there to be conversations on racism, homophobia and sexism (in some way), though I wish more focus was given to opening up these conversations. nella on her own wasn't really a strong character and I hate to say it but johannes was more interesting. if the book had him as the main character I would've been more invested. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

authorannafaundez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Blood, Pregnancy, and Torture

sophieduncan's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual content, and Slavery

katenovah's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Death, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Infidelity, and Blood

em2jules's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Excrement, Grief, Police brutality, Sexism, and Torture

gemmascott's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

For me, this was a book about hypocrisy and change. How people often project an image of themselves to the world that is very different to their inner selves, and how, despite their expectations, people can change and grow, often in ways they had never anticipated. It isn’t the best “historical” novel I’ve ever read (there were a few glaring anachronisms), but it was beautifully written and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. 

I loved the fact that this book was inspired by an object displayed in the Rijksmuseum and feel like the choice of setting was helpful in exploring some of the themes,  including race, gender and sexuality.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Sexism

ellaisntreading's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Racism and Slavery