Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

5 reviews

julinapril's review against another edition

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1.5

Frauen können mehr als „vor Sehnsucht mit den Brüsten zittern“! Weiter als bis S. 72 habe ich die Misogynie und Fetischisierung der „unschuldigen“ Frau - trotz sicherlich beeindruckender Sprachgewandtheit - nicht ausgehalten.
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cooldudenick's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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kinddog2073's review against another edition

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Writing was "pretty" though deeply mysogynistic, up to and including indelicate treatments of paedophelia, incest, and other minor, unnecessary descriptors exclusively applied to women. Horniest and most unreasonably stupid (even for a horny adolescent) main character I've read in a while.
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annahelle's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

i really really enjoyed this book! although it was a little cheesy at times and i wouldn’t compare it to gabriel garcia marquez (as advertised on the book cover), i still had FUN! there’s definitely something to be said about the treatment of female characters. like i’m pretty sure it wouldn’t pass the bechdel test lol. a bit manic pixie dream girl vibes. and i dont just mean fernin’s silly sexual, womanzing tirades , bc i took that to be satire. idk i’m dr*nk on vacation and i had FUN okay. and really loved the main characters even tho i wished the women weren’t just love objects ! 
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cewritespoems's review against another edition

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This book is just jarringly sexist and once the narrator turns 16, I couldn’t read more than a page and a half before running into another description along the lines of undressing a woman is “like peeling a sweet potato on a winter’s night” or lengthy descriptions of breasts. At first I thought the author was just trying to characterize a few characters as womanizers… but every single man except one minor character in this novel can’t speak one sentence without objectifying every woman around them. I just want to read the actual mystery and the gothic elements but it’s impossible. 
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