Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

56 reviews

chaos_na_regale's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Murder

tsegareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

serenspace's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

mshiley's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

hoagie's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

paigereitz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was such an interesting exploration of culture and religion and multi-generational families navigating those challenges. From my vantage point, it tackled culture and varying levels of conservatism within Sikhism remarkably well, allowing the women to be people - not caricatures of their culture. And listening to the audiobook was lovely. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

xoxo_biz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is delightful with a twist. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

scmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

inlaraland's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started listening to the “Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows”, but I can happily say I was pleasantly surprise. This funny, lighthearted and emotional novel highlights the strength of community and friendship, while also emphasizing the challenges of balancing desire and duty. The story follows our main protagonist Nikki, who is the daughter of immigrant parents and raised in London. She spent most of her life struggling to balance the cultural, traditional expectations of her eastern upbringing with her deep desire to live a modern, independent life.

When her father’s death leaves her family in a financial bind, Nikki decides to make extra cash outside of her job working at a pub to teach creative writing classes at a local Punjabi community center. However, due to miscommunication, Nikki didn’t know that the women attending her class only joined under the pretense that they were going to learn how to read and write basic english. Not willing to back down from a challenge, Nikki decides to continue with her lessons only to soon learn that the stories these reserved widows were sharing were far wilder than she could ever expect.

An unlikely bond forms between Nikki and her students, but they have to keep the classes a secret from the “Brotherhood”, a group of conservative men who have appointed themselves as the moral police of the community. But the deeper Nikki gets involved with the people around her , the more she starts learning about the dark secrets that the community themselves have been hiding - including the unsolved murder of a young woman.

The narration of the audiobook was fantastic, and at one point I was so hooked that I couldn’t stop listening because I was on the edge of my seat. The writing is tender and thoughtful, and I really enjoyed the heart-warming development between Nikki and her students, and each of the characters have their own unique voices and stories to share. I felt like I lost myself into the drama of this world and community, and it’s such a bittersweet moment to part away once it was all over. I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a fun and captivating contemporary fiction story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Violence

baileyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury