Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Mein Ein und Alles by Stephan Kleiner, Gabriel Tallent

9 reviews

hattieb2000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Blew my mind in the worst and best possible ways. So much to unpick and absolutely gripping, especially towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

jae_lou's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Rape, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

jkmoriarty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Very disturbing in a way I did not enjoy reading. It’s very well written, but honestly I cannot recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Mental illness

clara_dalstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, Misogyny, Gore, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Animal death, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Torture, Body shaming, Gun violence, Incest, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Fire/Fire injury

verlas7's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

capgoc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

Look, the writing is phenomenal and I didn't want to put it down. But often I had to. Set it down and walk away. Do a lap of the house. Skip ahead to make sure things are okay, and then reading back. I'm not sure I'm glad this is in my brain now. In some way, I wish I could take it all out. Men are so scary, bro. Damn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Incest, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

dm404's review against another edition

Really gross descriptions of a teenage girl and sexualised her body. I get it was about child abuse, but was so clumsily done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

rainb0wreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Look man, i try to be so nice when it comes to my reviews, but this is genuinely one of the most disgusting books ive ever read. It’s not even the relationship dynamic between Turtle and her dad that disgusts me, it’s simply the way that the author has written turtle and her experiences. It’s like the guy is trying to romanticize sexual assault and it’s gross. Not only that, but he victimized turtle in a way that tries the take all the blame from her assaulter and make it seem like it’s simply because that’s just how Turtle is. AND (yep I’m still going) the writing is so convoluted. The author writes like he assumes everyone knows exactly what he’s talking about. It feels like a research dump so he could get a load of fancy words in there and feel smarter than everyone. Strangely the writing makes the story feel like it’s geared towards men…which makes the whole conversation EVEN WORSE!! Look, if you’re gonna write about the abuse of a 14 year old girl, please do it right. This book had so much potential, and it touched on a lot of good mental health topics in light of abuse, but it’s still making turtle romanticize her assault which victims DO NOT DO!! I’m honestly shocked this book is so well liked. There are so many problems with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship

theatreuse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder