Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins

9 reviews

aisclaradm's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

A really good thriller that had me trying to piece information together right from the very beginning. It was so fun to read a book with such unreliable narrators, because it allowed you to come up with so many different theories. Ultimately, everything tied up really well and I found the plotline and reveals made a lot of sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Addiction, Child death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

exist0ni's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is written in a 3 character split narration style, though the characters are intentionally very similar. It creates a murky, unreliable read that can be hard to follow and somewhat repetitive. It has twists and shocking moments, though overall the character motives are weak so the book doesn't feel satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, Abortion, and Sexual violence

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

vincef's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Misogyny, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

nv0101's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Stalking, Sexism, Violence, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

jextown's review against another edition

3.5

Spoiler

I enjoyed this story for the most part even though I liked A Slow Fire Burning better I think. I always have a hard time when women are so obsessed with motherhood though. I think anything is going to be spoiled by that for me. I listen to a lot of crime novels, but I still don't consider myself much of a crime or mystery reader, except that apparently I am to an extent. I don't tend to ever rate them higher than a 3. Anyway, pretty much everyone is this book is awful. Which is fine, it's realistic if not a little relentless. Thought it ended well, but sad what happened to Megan

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Alcoholism, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

magicalmegija's review

dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Murder, Alcoholism, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Sexism

farah_2007's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Addiction, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Infertility, Torture, Sexism, and Vomit