Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The War of the Worlds: The Book That Started It All... by Maxwell Caulfield, H.G. Wells

13 reviews

kurumipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ruthmoog's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

5.0

I give this fiver with a caveat - it's relentless with place names. The book doesn't have a map, so you need to be very familiar with London and the surrounding areas to follow the locations you're given _throughout the book_ and I can imagine it would be not at all fun for anyone who is not from there.

But in spite of that, it's just an absolute banger!
Ethics, tension and hope in a gruesome uncanny setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexism and Colonisation

pedanther's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexism and Suicidal thoughts

bearystarry's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

This felt very… meandering? Feels like 80% of the book was just descriptions of people running away and/or travelling to other places and how starving or mean or “silly” they are. Pretty sexist and racist; making reference to indigenous american people when talking about violent invading aliens was certainly A Choice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wondawilson's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

verysillygoose's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

typedtruths's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Sexism

➸ Trigger warnings for period-typical sexism and ableism, dead bodies, alcohol consumption, presumed death of a wife, death of a friend, gun violence, whipping, near-drowning incident, stampede, building collapse, boating accident, military violence and battle scenes, and animal death (off-page, horse).

tifferent's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

Mainly listened to this because it was free on audible. That being said, it was a good book, even though I knew most of the twists from the various adaptations it was still enjoyable. I did not feel any connection to the characters, however, which did hamper my enjoyment a little. They seemed very one dimensional, there solely for things to happen to. I can appreciate this book for the classic that it is, but one read is enough for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Sexism

bookishchef's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

Probably very impressive for its time, but nothing special now. The story meanders and sometimes manages to be boring (which is almost an achievement for a book so short). Over all, I thought it was okay although the blatant sexism did take me out of the story many times over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, and Cannibalism