Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

7 reviews

teetea's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

madzie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, War, and Eating disorder

joensign's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Incest, War, and Fatphobia

amvs1111's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Animal death, Violence, War, Sexism, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Colonisation, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

magneto's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-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

4.5

Went into this book with zero expectations and no idea about the story structure and this may be one of my fave reads of the year. The unfolding of the family's story, primarily told through the lens of the four daughters, was engrossing. Kept thinking about this book every time I had to put it down, anxious to pick it up again. Enjoyed the backwards timeline, it really added to my engagement with the girls' stories. I'll absolutely be reading more from this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Torture, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

katherine_kelley's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

 

I don't know what to say. It was fine but had no real impact on me. I wasn't intrigued by the lives of these people, really. I also struggled to distinguish between perspectives and found the serialized nature of the novel not to be particularly interesting. I think I might have liked it better if I went into it with the expectation of it being a collection of stories instead of one narrative because it isn't one narrative. I also think that the book is really outdated in places with fatphobia and colorism. I also found the actions of characters that were intentionally unlikable made me uncomfortable sometimes. Like, I was supposed to find it unlikable, but it didn't make me like the story that was being told. I also was not interested in the sisters' domestic lives, which make up a large part of the narrative. It's just not for me, and I don't think it was really cohesive enough for most people to get something out of it as a total product. But what do I know?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Racism

carol_c26's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

the book is in reverse chronological order which I personally had trouble with. funny and sad little stories put together. loved the sisterhood though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexism, Police brutality, Pedophilia, and Gun violence