Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

La hija que no soñaste by Erika L. Sánchez

12 reviews

_ren's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

wanderlust_romance's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This is the sort of young adult that is written in the uniquely teen voice, but tackles a lot of complex issues. It’s the sort of YA that would be helpful for a young reader to discuss and unpack with a trusted adult in their life. The most challenging fiction is the one that turns the mirror on ourselves and highlights all the hidden, uglier parts of our interior and shines a light on it for all to see. The proverbial mirror that challenges readers to reckon with all those things we would much rather ignore.

Julia’s voice is unique. At the start of the book, she is 15. Her sister has just died in a tragic accident and she is alone in her grief, regret, and anger. She was so messy, and I loved that she was allowed to be messy and make mistakes and reexamine what she thought she knew. Julia was written in a way that reminds readers outside the intended YA audience that the inner lives of teens are so much more than meets the eye. It’s so easy to forget what you, as an older reader, were like as a teen (sullen, moody, defiant, reading Camus because I wanted to look smarter than everyone, only listening to indie and new wave…jesus, I was a lot more like Julia than I thought lol). I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was heartbreaking and reassuring and complicated and full of emotion and self discovery.

concepts this book confronts and highlights:

• Cultural family expectations for daughters (patriarchy)
• Complexities of bilingualism in the US for immigrants and children of immigrants 
• Death and grief
• Mental health support and de-stigmatizing therapy in communities of color
• Poverty and food insecurity 
• Internalized racism and xenophobia 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

abril_chavez's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Having personal cultural ties to this book, there were a lot of moments where the author would describe a behavior or thought process they had in response to old school Mexican views and I kept picturing myself at various moments. It’s well written, easy to read and a nice flow. It was really fun to identify so much with a book and a character and see a lot of struggles for young Mexican girls and women being brought to light and into question about the injustice and misogyny at the root.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Car accident

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Suicide attempt

fartplatinum's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

raynestorm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book is like a freight train, like a semi truck, like a landmine. It's beautiful and terrible. It feels in the same vein as "The Poet X" and "The Hate U Give" while still telling its own new, beautiful story. Full of love and loss, and excruciating depictions of pain and beauty.

I definitely feel some kind of way right now but do plan to do a reread here in the near future.

Not for the faint of heart, there is strong language, sex, violence, and some disturbing things later on in the book, but it is well worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

The narrator attempts suicide about 2/3rds of the way through the book

nitya's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

2.5 really, 3 stars for the Chicago references (that I finally understand!!!)

Read for MLIS elective

I skimmed this but there's also ableist and fatphobic comments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

There's gun violence too but I don't know the extent of it

caitlink's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

memorable's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Vomit

Depression

readingpicnic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I feel like the book started off very strong for me, but then I started to lose interest towards the middle since the book was trying to do so many things at once. This book is advertised pretty heavily as a mystery, but there was a huge chunk of the book where the mystery went stagnant with no progress towards figuring it out, so it felt like it was on the back burner. I did like the narrator’s voice a lot, and I’m surprised she was able to keep a sense of humor with all of her trauma, but she felt very authentic. I loved when she would get angry and tear into people, basically harassing them for their behavior or appearance because I love a woman that doesn’t hold back in their insults. I really disliked the romance in this book because it felt so cheesy and naïve, although it could just be that I’m outgrowing YA romance (and straight romance). I honestly think the romance with Connor could be removed from the book and nothing would be lost, but I also just didn’t like him from the get-go, and I think she could do much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism