Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

16 reviews

cascadienne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

minervacerridwen's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

The Calculating Stars is a really well-written slice-of-life report of the life of a brilliant mathematician in an alternate history defined by a meteorite impact. Even the technical parts kept me engaged, and the bits where the book seemed to slow down never lasted too long. While not the main plot, the story deals with sexism and racism, and I feel like I actually learned some things at the end.
I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book thanks to T & Fie!
(Note to my future self: for emetophobia reasons I will probably not want to reread this.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism and Alcohol

asienerbrown's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Sexual harassment

artmuseam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

when i came across this book at my university’s bookstore, i had some high expectations and was really excited to read this book. now that i think about it, i would say i have some mixed feelings. the book started off very exciting, but once it got to the middle, i wasn’t exactly sure if it was worth reading due to the lack of action. the ending wrapped it up pretty well and i guess the next book continues with what actually happens in space, so maybe i’ll read that out of curiosity. i did find the main character somewhat lovable but i wasn’t entirely on board with how she chose to be so compliant and reserved in times where it was better to be resistant and brave. this frustrated me, but i also did need to take in the historical context at that time. i wasn’t a fan of the tense change in that last chapter—especially since first person present tense is my least favorite…but other than that, this book was exciting, inspirational, and fun to read. i still enjoyed the science jargon and the intense moments of liftoff at various parts :) 3.75/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content

traa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Dementia

carolined314's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.75

Alternate history can do many things, and this is a light, hopeful story with a complex but positive hetero relationship that you rarely get to see with strong women, along with some discussion of anxiety, prescriptions, and racism. It was clearly written by and for white women in a way that I found somewhat boring, but the sarcastic tone and fierceness of some of the ladies kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

Immensely readable but some issues with characters. Can’t wait to discuss at book club. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt