Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Los desposeídos by Ursula K. Le Guin

5 reviews

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Still don't know what exactly to say about this book, but it was an interesting exploration of the implications of how different societies both shape and are shaped by the people who participate in them.
I'm gonna ruminate on it for a little bit and then later do a more thorough review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Vomit, and Miscarriage

There is an explicit rape scene in this book.

the protagonist drunkenly rapes someone.

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Confinement, and Bullying

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, War, Mass/school shootings, and Police brutality

Minor: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child death, Colonisation, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

jakobvongunten's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Excrement and Misogyny

zombiezami's review against another edition

Not sure if this is for me. I might re-evaluate after looking at more of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Death, Excrement, Grief, and Xenophobia

Minor: War, Colonisation, Medical content, Child death, and Vomit

Attempted rape

obviousthings's review against another edition

Le Guin’s worldbuilding is excellent, and the political messages in the book are interesting, but when the characters discuss gender there’s so much bioessentialism that I find it kind of exhausting to read. I’m sure that’s par for the course for something written 50 years ago, and the book doesn’t necessarily condone that kind of thinking (e.g. some really misogynistic comments are framed in a way where we’re clearly meant to question them/not take them at face value), but it’s not really something I want to put up with in my casual reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, and Excrement