Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter

4 reviews

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Angela Carter's writing is captivating and engaging. Unfortunately this novella contains so much gendered violence and outdated views and language. It is very much a product of its time and the things that happen are hard to read, so I get why this won't appeal to some readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and War

aroreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Racism

thehobbitbarbie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

ansyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.75

I wanted to read this book having been inspired by Angela Carter's book Heroes and Villains. However I found it a bit disappointing. Some of the imagery and writing I enjoyed, but some of it didn't really make sense to me and felt gratuitously graphic.

I found the exploration of gender and anatomical sex (portrayed as the same thing and not separate constructs) very outdated and binary, as well as some of the feminist topics. Like other reviewers have said, I found that the main narrator's point of view was from a very white and male perspective, but to the point of the irony being lost. It felt it was promoting the protagonist's point of view rather than him learning from his experiences - though others may disagree.

I felt uncomfortable reading the book as a modern reader. It didn't feel it explored intersectional themes in a way which promoted understanding or compassion for others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement and Abortion

Minor: Lesbophobia