Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Geisterwand by Sarah Moss

46 reviews

saltedsnail's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Was a really big fan of the writing in this i just think that scene didnt have quite enough of a lead up it just kind of happened and then was over?

‘Who are the ghosts again, us or our dead? Maybe they imagined us first, maybe we were conjured out of the deep past by other minds.’

‘The whole of life, I thought, is doing harm, we live by killing, as if there were any being of which that is not the case.’

‘Your dad's not God, she said, he can't do anything he likes to you.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

feelincelestial's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved the writing and the nuanced portrayal of a teenager in an abusive environment. The way that Silvie recognizes her parent’s behavior is wrong and resents them but also feels the need to have their backs around others and defend their behavior is tragically realistic. I enjoyed the writing style, besides the fact that dialogue was neither put in quotations or italicized, which made it difficult to follow who was speaking and when at times. I also found the ending a bit rushed and abrupt. If the ending had felt more satisfying, this would easily have been a 4-5 star read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

bubblyfemme's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wanted to comment on the themes and the style of this brilliant novel, but I just kept ruminating on the relatability of it all.
My fifteen-year-old self relates so much to Silvie's  relationship with her father, and I sobbed for her and my younger self throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

spadefootfrog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Xenophobia

dreadspawn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Vomit

dijon_supply's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

mnichols_2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexism

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Silvie and her parents are participating in an Iron Age reenactment with a professor and three students. Her dad is a cringey racist and misogynist piece of shit who hits his wife and daughter. Silvie and her mom are too afraid to stand up to him because he is loud and obnoxious. It is very obvious that to her dad (forgot his name), the reenactment is really an attempt to live out his pathetic fantasy in which there are no immigrants and women are there merely to cook and clean, especially when he and the professor make a ghost wall out of rabbit and cow skulls to keep out their imaginary enemies. This entire book is clearly a huge middle finger to Brexit and I love it so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

feralbookwife's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

Haunting in every way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail