Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

8 reviews

zoya_nazyalensky's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

The writing style is nice, though there is very little dialogue and that usually bothers me.
CWs: the n word and g word are used in the text!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, Cursing, Violence, Excrement, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Classism, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Gore

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

 This is a character study of a twisted man. The violence is mostly understated, there is not a lot of gore or blood in this book. The focus on scent and perfume gave some much needed originality. My only compliant is that the author makes some gross comments about the female victims in this novel. I do not need to know how the breasts of a dead teenager look. The middle section gets a little boring. The beautiful writing makes it worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Pedophilia

Minor: Incest, Sexism, and Torture

parsniper's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

An interesting writing experiment in that it is written mostly using the sense of smell. The book is lush in descriptions and exploration of an evil main character is kind of fun. Its an interesting read but not fun or relaxing. There is not much plot until the second half of the book plot and there is basically no character development. I don't agree with it's lord of the flies-esque commentary on the inherent evil of humanity, but it is an interesting commentary. It is fairly misogynistic so fair warning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexism

cerealceec's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

really compelling and unique story, especially when you have hyperosmia 🥴 not an instant favourite but i definitely enjoyed the writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Pedophilia

amelody's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Stalking, Sexual content, Misogyny, Violence, Gore, and Mental illness

emmablue's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Incest

mimsyweretheborogoves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

i am going to kill every member of my book club that voted for us to read this and make a perfume that smells like them. except these perfumes will not make an entire french town have an orgy bc they will smell very silly due to having chosen a dull, silly book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia

schwambibambi's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Ths book was far away from being even remotely enjoyable. The pedophilia and sexism was blatant and disgusting.

The moment Laure's father described his 16-year old daughter boobs and wished, he was a stranger to rape her in her sleep was the last straw. <spoiler/> From a psychological standpoint, this was a disaster too. No human on earth is born with no emotion without enduring trauma. The main character seemed to have his whole life plan ready once he came out of the womb. "Everything he did was planned" my shit. I know not every book has to be realistic, but come on, I expected some realism after no spoiler for fanatsy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest