Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes by Stieg Larsson

26 reviews

kissezmusic's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

i would like to start this by saying i am not normally a fan of mystery books. i like a good mysterious book but mystery as a genre never really interested me and that held true here as well. it was by no means a bad book, hence the 3 stars, just not for me. i did end up spoiling it for myself by accidentally  seeing something on a wayyy later page, i saw one of his emails to her, which really took the little enjoyment i had by that point (probably around page 140 at that moment) out of it completely. 

there are 2 slightly on page non-consent scenes and one almost non-consent scene, which i did not know about, i knew nothing about this book going into it; please be careful with that. also this book has a very liberal use of the r slur derogatorily (one character slightly uses it to 'jusify' an action), so please keep that in mind.

i didn't very much enjoy the pages and time in the book after the central mystery is done, it was very boring to me just reading about office politics and such.

this is all just my personal opinion so please take it with a grain of salt. if you want to read this, please do! the translation feels very smooth and had i not been told there was a translator, i would've thought this was written in english originally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Rape

kate_elle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, and Violence

o_ohan_n's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.5

It definitely shows the views of females at the time, with every female character being sexualised. It was enticing, but it did also spell out every metaphor and event. There was no room to guess and analyse the mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Abortion

alsira98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Incest, Violence, and Antisemitism

Minor: Animal death

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

Minor: Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

decie's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Gore, and Death of parent

richellemitchell's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

trubelmaker's review against another edition

Graphic description of rape that made want to cry and left me upsey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment

brakebills42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia and Abortion

rattledragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, Torture, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia