Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

14 reviews

annabelle193's review against another edition

Absolut sexistisch!
Jede Frau wird sexualisiert und alle paar Seiten kommt eine neue frauenfeindliche Aussage.
Die Schreibweise und Handlung hat mir eigentlich gut gefallen. Nach 200 Seiten musste ich abbrechen, weil ich die sexistischen Aussagen nicht mehr ertragen konnte.
Von diesem Autor werde ich nie wieder etwas lesen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Police brutality, and Stalking

julinapril's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Abortion

ari5scythe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

corrin_takara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

At times was a struggle to read partly because of the slow pace as well as a long list of possible triggering topics which lead to hard to read passages. Picked up towards the end and grabbed my attention with a satisfying twist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury

pipn_t's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

Surely the author could have set the historical scene without so many racist remarks and sexist attitudes.  Also got tired of everyone beating each other to a pulp.  It was an interesting story, which is why I read to the end, but one of the major plot points revolves aroundc content I don’t like reading about (

incest

) so I felt rather like I wasted my time on this whole thing as it kinda ruined my enjoyment of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

1. this book would not pass the bechdel test.
2. the twist almost made me shit myself. 
3. “the day was turning out to be longer than The Brothers Karamazov” is so funny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Racial slurs, Rape, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Classism

astrocate's review against another edition

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

3.0

Le mie opinioni sono di certo influenzate dal fatto che ho letto questo libro non per volontà personale ma per obbligo scolastico; in ogni caso, ho trovato il volume piuttosto noioso e non ho riscontrato alcun interesse nei confronti degli avvenimenti dei personaggi, la cui caratterizzazione ho trovato piuttosto blanda, fatta eccezione per la figura di Fermìn.
Ci sono stati dei passaggi e delle idee narrative particolarmente interessanti, come quello della biblioteca dei libri dimenticati, che però non sono stati approfonditi a dovere.
La storia di Juliàn Carex sarebbe stata di certo più avvincente se raccontata in modo diverso e più breve.
Il libro è descritto come un mistery, ma in realtà il lettore si ritrova con ben pochi elementi, e vengono svelati colpi di scena impossibili da prevedere e a tratti forzati, come

la fratellanza fra Juliàn e Penélope

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Un'altra cosa che non mi ha convinto è la questione delle età: alla fine del libro

Daniel dice di avere un figlio di dieci anni quando ha quasi trent'anni. Quando si è sposato, dunque? A diciotto anni, prima di prestare servizio militare? Con Bea, una donna che conosceva così poco?

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Non mi è parso particolarmente realistico, così come non mi è parsa realistica la faccia tosta del protagonista nell'andare a chiedere a sconosciuti informazioni su Carax, e la disponibilità dei suddetti nel fornirgliele.
In sintesi, i presupposti del romanzo sono molto avvincenti, con uno sviluppo che, a mio parere, lascia un po' a desiderare.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Racism

shooper's review against another edition

It's really a pity. It's especially hard for me to dnf this right now because I just dnf'd another book. The writing in this book was exquisite- it would've got 4 stars. However, the author degrades women at almost every step of the way. I later learned that in the latter half of this book there are instances of homophobia and even ableism. I honestly can't get myself to read something like that and then give it any stars. I'm so upset because I had such high expectations. Oh well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Ableism and Homophobia

florafauna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, and War