Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

395 reviews

ericispublius's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

linde_ahobbit's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is enraging to read. I was quite mad at the world when i finished it, but I felt seen as well. I think every woman can relate to something in this book. It was engaging, informative and the ending was a gut punch.

A great feminist read about gender inequality in South-Korea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

katesant's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

balamaqab's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

helenaramsay's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Read for a gender-based book club and really enjoyed it. It is all about the everyday (and more serious) sexism experienced by women. I am familiar with a western female experience of sexism myself, so it was really interesting to hear from a different culture and perspective. The audiobook reading was very enjoyable and the tone remained calm and reflective throughout, so I didn't find myself getting exhausted hearing about the same frustrating themes within sexism as I frequently do when I read other feminist books and just make myself angry in the process. Initially I was confused about the choice of male narrator, but this is explained and makes sense throughout the book so I was overall very pleased with my listen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexism

rnbhargava's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

This book is as informative as it is engaging and heartbreaking. I’m mostly leaving it at 4.5 rather than a 5 because there’s always another side or opinion to any highly accurate fictional depiction of a certain time period

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

The whole narrative of this novel is about ways that women in South Korea aren’t valued, even abused in their professional and personal lives by various males in their lives. From fathers, brothers, partners, husbands, coworkers even if they’re subordinates to them or generally younger (age is a big thing in Korea in interpersonal relationships) This book is fantastic, especially given its brief length. Jiyoung could be any woman you know and she just wants to be valued and acknowledged as a person but she isn’t just because she’s a woman, a hard worker, a mother, among any number of things she could also be. Fantastic novel.

mrlsdevos's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

vikiskiwis's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage

callmeneeks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Abortion

cicizzy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book describes the life of a south Korean woman representative of the life of most women there. It was basically a description of systematic sexism and misogyny. I wish more men read books like that but the ones who would need it aren't the men who would read books like that. 
The story about her mental breakdown or whatever this was, was honestly a bit weird to me and felt incomplete. I would have liked it better if it had been left out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Stalking, and Alcohol