Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

5 reviews

jodean's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking, Medical content, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Sexism, and Gore

tascaraudo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Read in German.

I love Nasuada, I love how she is Technically Protrayed as on the good side, but also treats people (Elva, Eragon, etc.) as tools for her own purposes. Very Boss of her, and I love the little parallel between her and Galbatorix because of that.

I last read this book as a child and did not find Roran's journey very interesting then. This time I made a more conscious effort to follow his story and enjoyed it. We love a man who goes absolutely bananas.

Really enjoyed the training montage Eragon goes through, it's probably my favorite part of the book. The satisfaction when he finally gets the upper hand in swordfighting is still just as fun as when I was a kid. 

Rereading the books gives me a much better understanding of Arya. She was attacked, her companions killed, imprisoned, tortured, almost died to poisoning, and once she survives all this just has to go back to work and also fend off 16-year-old Eragon from making moon eyes at her. I really feel for her. No moment or chance for her to work through what she's gone through, and while of course she doesn't share much of her feelings (especially not with Eragon) I can imagine how horrible the entire situation is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, War, Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Sexism, Racism, and Slavery

hedyharper's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

Eragon really is so annoying. I’m mostly drawn to Roran’s story in this one, though learning more about magic and other customs is interesting (even if it’s not very action packed) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, and Death