Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Pige, kvinde, andet by Bernardine Evaristo

387 reviews

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Infertility

kassabitte's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

This is objectively an excellent book. While it is not precisely a short story collection it does suffer from the fact that some character perspectives are much more engaging than others, and a few stories felt rather cliched, as had been mentioned in other reviews.
Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the interlocking nature of the stories, and that fact that you sometimes saw the same thing from different perspectives. I'm also just happy that this is a popular book, because it is a tough book at times but gives voice to do many important themes in it's run time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

Moderate: Suicide attempt

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Dementia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Incest warning is just in case, for an affair between in-laws.

gonzogamer's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

confused_lemon's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Rape

maranull's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape and Transphobia

slinkmalink's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

I did not realise there was no plot when I started this book and I'm not sure I would've picked it up if someone had told me that but I'm very glad I did bc I thought it was excellent 
I loved the whole thing of a background character in someone else's life having their own story and all the tiny and big connections between them all 
Even while covering such a wide spectrum of experiences every section felt super personal and had its own voice and I feel it's one of those books that makes you feel like you understand the world better u know I will definitely continue to think about it 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

kdenten's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Xenophobia

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Found the chapter structures a little weird at times. Not sure if this was due to it being an audiobook but it felt like it cut off at awkward points/chapters abruptly ended. Felt most of the stories wrapped up pretty well but there were a couple of stragglers, namely LaTisha and winsome who were kinda missed in the ending. Overall an engaging read and some really interesting stories. The only really weak one for me was Yazz's story but the rest were fab.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

katetiffin's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Rape