Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

5 reviews

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Antisemitism

pencilspeaker's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Murder, and Homophobia

chrisljm's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

This book was unnecessarily long and I was entirely bored from start to end. “[In Sayers’ stories] the crime is always committed in a way that is incredibly tortuous and quite uninteresting” is a review from George Orwell and he’s so fucking right. 

And of course the criminal was the misogynistic pick me. 500+ pages of boredom just for them to solve what I called from like page 100.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Ableism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs and Genocide

ninjamuse's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Misogyny and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Great themes. Poor execution. Should have been 200 pages shorter. The one positive note was the narrator of the audiobook. Ian Carmichael was the only reason why I was able to finish.

P.S. - Every single one and one and two-star review in GR has perfectly articulated how I feel about this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident

The intellectual and academic elitism are over-the-top.