Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

5 reviews

kmhst25's review against another edition

Misogynistic garbage dressed up as philosophy. I forced myself to finish all 600 pages of this trash so I could come here and tell you not to. The takeaway is supposed to be that all men contain good and evil. We are apparently supposed to take the men part literally, since it excludes the female antagonist of the novel, who is the male epitomy of female evil in the most comically stupid and over-the-top manner. 

Conveniently, almost all of the evil committed by men in the book is committed against women, including (trigger warning: rape)

a woman being gang-raped to death while giving birth.

But hey, the book says, don't hate those men! They loved that baby! This book is the moral equivalent of saying that all prisons should be abolished, and responding "Who cares?!" when someone asks "But what about all the serial killers and rapists?" This is a book by a man for men who can only perceive the world as a male place; it lacks any humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Murder, Grief, Rape, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Animal cruelty

mlynch133's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexism, Infidelity, Violence, Mental illness, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Child abuse

kefeshe's review against another edition

I generally don't read classics because if how racist they are. This was the same unfortunately, I just got to a point where there were far too many slurs for me to continue

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racial slurs

char233's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

i am still in shock from how good this book is. nobody talk to me within the next 3 business days please.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship