Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Il gruppo by Mary McCarthy

7 reviews

mklymiuk's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-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

4.25

A slow starting classic; one will be forgiven for paging back and forth trying to place members of the group as the lives of each unfold to explore the timeless struggles of womanhood. Intellect in the face of the patriarchy; sexual autonomy and security;  motherhood and the turmoil of entertaining any diversion from common lore; and of course the generations long battle to claw ourselves a blessed few inches closer to equality only to realise that in the 30 years between setting and publication, and the 70 between publication and present day, that the fundamentals have barely changed. There’s both solidarity and sadness in that. 
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kelri's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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morenowagain's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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capra's review against another edition

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funny reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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germhotel's review against another edition

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

3.0

I'm tired of stories that define womanhood as suffering and the heavy-handed irony made this one a bit of a slog for me. 

I see how this would have been sensational when it was originally published and why it is an important book and I've bumped up my rating based on that. 
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kaia001's review against another edition

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challenging reflective 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

3.0

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book_lover69's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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