Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Banitka by Anna North

93 reviews

melt27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Loved the approaches to gender & reproductive justice & racism. Seamlessly woven into a strong, well told narrative that will stick with me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

futuredocmartin's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Confinement and Miscarriage

noragoudie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a really interesting book, unlike anything I’ve read prior. I appreciated reading a western that centered around strong female characters, and I found many aspects of this book interesting and compelling. However, I think execution could have been better and there were iffy aspects about the core messages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Abortion

Minor: Rape

louiseelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse

hannahpings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

maybe the most disappointed in a book i've been in a long time. queerness is made both accessory and token, and the story north is trying to tell in no way justifies the alternate history she's created for it. absolutely wild to me that you can set out to purport that biological essentialism is bad (but perhaps i'm giving her too much credit?) and then come up with a book that is... very much supportive of biological essentialism. even aside from my own icky feelings about outlawed as a queer person, so much of what north has done here feels like craft malpractice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Abortion and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

howdyjordan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, and Pregnancy

acemummerz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

neens_m's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, and Pregnancy