Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

5 reviews

carlate96's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion and Gaslighting

stindex's review against another edition

adventurous

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Infertility, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

elderflower's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.0

This book is definitely a guilty pleasure for me. I enjoy reading it but it is ultimately so deeply problematic that it’s hard to stay in the story. Aside from Meyer’s regular racism involving the Quileutes (quite literally insinuating that POC are animals) and her drastic white-washing of every single vampire character, there were other problems.

The way Meyer handles Bella’s pregnancy carries deeply anti-abortion sentiments—with the people trying to prioritize Bella’s life being framed as the antagonists. Additionally, solving the love triangle by making Jacob fall in love with a child?? I know that Meyer tries to pretend like it’s not like that but it’s truly insane in my opinion. And with jacob’s perspective we get a healthy dose of misogyny and just a sprinkle of homophobia, so that’s unfortunate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia