Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

2 reviews

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, and Misogyny

george_tte's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.0

The book had very interesting themes and concepts, much different from a lot of other zombie apocalypse books. I enjoyed the exploration of education and how learning shapes our perception of the world. However, I enjoyed Melanie's POV the most, and I found myself very disappointed any time we got an adult POV. I understand their narration helped us understand topics Melanie couldn't know about (either because she hadn't learned it yet or she didn't have the expertise, like the doctor or Sergeant), but I didn't care for the adults at all. I found Melanie's story and the focus on her the most compelling part of the story, and without it the book felt a bit boring to me. Also, this is personal, but I was especially annoyed

any time we had to read about Gallagher and the Sergeant thirsting after Miss Justineau. Did the book really need that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Sexism