Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Awakening: A Solitary Soul by Kate Chopin

29 reviews

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

tea_time's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

turningpaigez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I can’t stop thinking about this book, it’s lives with me forever! I love the birds and the sea. It’s just SO rich and every word serves a purpose. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

lementical's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful and heartbreaking. The romance was thrilling. There is a deep sense of melancholy throughout this book that can only be truly understood by women who exist outside of societal conventions. This being so, I saw the worst parts of myself in Edna. This is a product of its time, however; this would be a perfect book to me if the descriptions of people of color weren’t so brash and rooted in southern racism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Racism

pencilspeaker's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

liked how Chopin depicted Edna in a multifaceted way, the prose was quite beautiful. Hated the ending though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

queenkath32's review against another edition

reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Racism

kenzie_s04's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexism

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

the awakening is now one of my favorite novels. i enjoyed every second of it. the sense of longing that edna has for her own freedom and the realization that she is unable to attain true freedom is so heart wrenching. she has such big dreams but she realized them too late and that broke my heart. i wanted nothing but happiness for her. i was not expecting that ending, but it added to the narrative. 10/10. it being set in louisiana/new orleans definitely added to my enjoyment!

i gave this book 5 stars as a reflection of my enjoyment of and newfound love for the awakening. the short stories were good as well, but i didn’t enjoy them nearly as much as the novel. désirées baby will always be an iconic one. i loved a point at issue and also enjoyed wiser than a god, to get specific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Racism

kredeprnz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Racism

murdrmagpie's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs and Classism