Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

La Nave della Magia. I mercanti di Borgomago by Robin Hobb

33 reviews

gooseberry420's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

littki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Abortion

hisashiburi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Pregnancy

littleskylights's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

okay the age gap relationships are starting to get weird. Robin, what’s going on there?? I feel like this book is just an exercise in “hindsight is 20/20.” You can see the characters making the wrong decisions and you just want to stop them. And let me tell you, boy do these characters make the wrong decisions. Choice after choice after choice. The characters are realistic, but at what cost?? This book was at times very hard to read because it was just so bleak. I’m interested to see where it goes, but also scared. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

vampires's review against another edition

4.5

i really liked this but i have such a hard time rating these idk why like there's so much that happened that i can't parse it out for a rating the way i usually do

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Rape, and Grief

noeyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

errie's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

mylord's review against another edition

3.75

god forbid women and children are seen as people.

on a more serious note, i struggled to get through this book. the beginning was slow, and the daunting page count did not help, but 75% through, surprisingly,  i just sped through the entire thing.

i dont know... what to feel yet about this. as slow as it was, a lot happened, idk how hobb managed to fit every single bigotry in every character, but shes done it alright, and the characters are so unlikable to the point where you just have to applaud the narrative and reflect on how every single thing weaves in to one another (evil acts like that and its brilliantly shown). 

i was blown away by the politics and commentary on colonialism, and displacement of tradition and roots, especially the multi pov where you can see how different views approach a conflict. see where it all clashes and the reason behind such garish beliefs. though it will never justify it, it doesn't have to because some form of violence exists just because it can. 

there are a lot of characters, even more than the farseer trilogy has ever introduced, but hobb has done it again in a way everyone has depth and purpose, even the side characters. i find myself craving every single scene with amber and paragon, i cant wait to see where their story will just take off from here. 

though as long as this has been, and as eventful as it is, I just felt like it didn't really end satisfactorily, nor did we have a cliffhanger that would immediately propel me to read the next book, but I will oh, you bet I will. im too neck deep in this world now theres no turning back.
 
what's not to love about characters desperately trying to escape their fate at any given chance yet failing miserably

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Slavery

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Blood, and Death of parent