Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

25 reviews

ellyg_97's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

dracksp's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and War

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

richardgarrardsm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A brilliant and acerbic retelling of a Homeric classic. Very fast-paced (I finished it in a day), but very absorbent. Atwood’s talent for storytelling doesn’t diminish throughout the book, telling the story from multiple different angles and settings. The feminist inversion adds a lovely touch to the source material, a most patriarchal of all poems. Overall, a very slick and highly readable tale.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

littleislaygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

trispenfold's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

azalia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

omirl's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

2.5

I picked up this book hoping for insight into was Penelope might have been thinking and just got 'woe be me'/victim of events. 
Pushed through it to get to the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

sparksofdaisy's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

of_course_it_is's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny and War