Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

115 reviews

ashleyc78's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

No redeeming purpose to this book but to describe violence against women and pornography

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, and Alcohol

hannahchung's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

loudonuts's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

a gruesome story that was ultimately about the bond between sisters. it didn’t exceed my expectations but it was an okay thriller. at the beginning the hyper descriptive violence was shocking and intense, but by the end of it, it felt pretty gratuitous. was the aim to desensitise me, or was it just bad at keeping me engaged? unfortunately i’m not sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

emleeaustin's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

l1brarygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

akcurtis's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Parts of this were really challenging to read. It was more graphic than I expected (should have read more reviews!). That aside, even though it was fairly predictable, I wanted to know how it would all turn out, and the ending is satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Drug abuse

sarahhmaree's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was like a car crash in that i couldn’t pull my attention away. so graphic and dark, devastating at times, but still worth a read (or a listen) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

knitwitte8's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

This one kept me engaged from early on - which is exactly what I look for in a book. It's graphic and difficult at points, so that's something to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

torisbookspace's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail