Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

2 reviews

deerlybeloved's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Girl, Serpent, Thorn is a beautiful take on finding oneself and embracing what hurts us as much as it makes us who we are. It takes a girl with a horrid curse, and shows us what happens when you dissect that curse and how one can claim their own tragedies and make them into what they want; something miraculous.

Sapphic, chilling, and wonderful, I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to see a beautiful cast of Persian-inspired mythos, and feel a tension and edge-of-your-seat suspense that is rarely found.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Sexism, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Themes of murder, imprisonment, forced confinement, torture, and so much more are used in this book to express the lengths of cruelty of some of the characters.

redheaded_sunshine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

i loved the story, and i think the only aspect i would have changed was a little more world-building, oddly enough! usually books tend to go too much into detail, but the characterization and plot were both so well executed that it’s a wonderful read nonetheless. with a fantasy world inspired with elements from persian culture makes the story all the more unique, and soraya is an amazing main character :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Death

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Homophobia