Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

14 reviews

loveisabird's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i have never seen the movies nor did i really have any idea what the book was about yet i picked it up at the used bookstore for $3.50 anyway. and it totally whipped ass so a good decision on my part i think. 

gotta say that while the english “the girl who…” titles for this series are certainly snappy and memorable the swedish “män som hatar kvinnor” aka “men who hate women” is. well. much more accurate to this book as a whole innit?

(also. should a book about violence against women in the country have made me miss sweden this much?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol

jclynch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

brakebills42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia and Abortion

eks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The mystery was very spicy and unexpected. I definitely didn’t know what was going to happen or how characters were going to connect. 

Some parts were slow and boring though. Took me a while to get through the beginning. There’s a lot of financial industry jargon that made my eyes glaze over. 

My main critique is that the female characters are so one note and clearly written by a man. Like they’re all so boss bitch but also flighty and needy but then again cool? And the treatment of sexual assault and violence against women is questionable to me. And the age gap relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Murder

bookstore_plantlover's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, and Gaslighting

milshollini's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Abandonment

meraru's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Out of all the traumatic, horrible things that happened in this story, Lisbeth having coffee and toasts with pickle slices was the hardest to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Trafficking, and War

There's several rape scenes, also several of the deaths are described in graphic detail.

theuncannydani's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Police brutality, Abortion, Lesbophobia, War, and Classism

lulugirl297's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

cassandrareads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Xenophobia