Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

58 reviews

hgracieeees's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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

3.5

This is a very hard book to review. It never grasped me, and the pacing was very strange (very slow at times and very fast at others). On the other hand, it's beautifully written and yells a very important story. I may not have always been into it, but I’m glad I stuck through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Pregnancy, War, and Misogyny

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Forced institutionalization

katievallin's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Grief, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy, War, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Infertility, Medical content, Body shaming, and Sexual content

gondorgirl's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, War, Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

prettylightsandcitynights's review against another edition

Was reading for a book club which fell apart. Not my kind of book so I stopped reading. Was well-written, I just didn't get sucked in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexism

Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

The book is set around the turn of the 20th century so there is obviously sexism and misogyny.

Spoiler

There is an unplanned pregnancy of a single woman. She gives the baby up for adoption and suffers post-partum depression.

aubw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death

acebooknerd_07's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexism, War, Death, and Mental illness

eleanor029's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? No

4.0

I like this book a lot. I could tell that the author did a lot of research and put a lot of effort into it. At times I lost my enthusiasm when the plot got slow, but in the end it was so worth it. Honestly, the last quarter of the book brought it all together and was the best part. I would totally recommend this to any language nerd. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism

tbwhite23's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent