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A review by cewritespoems
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
This book is just jarringly sexist and once the narrator turns 16, I couldn’t read more than a page and a half before running into another description along the lines of undressing a woman is “like peeling a sweet potato on a winter’s night” or lengthy descriptions of breasts. At first I thought the author was just trying to characterize a few characters as womanizers… but every single man except one minor character in this novel can’t speak one sentence without objectifying every woman around them. I just want to read the actual mystery and the gothic elements but it’s impossible.
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Homophobia and Mental illness
Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Excrement