Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

81 reviews

lonakadabra's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Annie is an AI Bot who lives with her owner - even though she's sentient she wants to be better for him, function better, do things better, she's mostly frustrated at herself. Until she isn't.

This was a frustrating read and I almost thought finishing it would leave me very angry until it didn't, which was super satisfying. So yeah, it's worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape

cristine's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

I’m really torn with this one and keep fluctuating between a 3 and a 4. If you read this and accept it at surface value it’s not good and the amount of unnecessary sex scenes makes you roll your eyes. But if you read this and understand the depth and layers id the different themes explored (which I hope is what Greer was striving for) then it’s pretty darn good (still with a lot of unnecessary scenes and several inconsistencies. Thinking about the themes: women being demoralized to being used for cooking, raising children and sex but as robots that rich men could buy, emotional abuse, control, falling victim to the abuse mindset and having no control or understanding “who I am”, searching for freedom, finding identity, feeling isolated, being afraid to your true self, to name a few. Overall, I think this was delivered in a direct way that any critical thinker could understand the depth to this novel and ignore some of the holes. The ending was a bit anticlimactic and I really would’ve loved to know what happened next but I guess that’s for the reader’s imagination. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

carla20's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

deadwhiterabbit's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

alite428's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

ambersbooksandbakes's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny

emisbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

beautifully written allegory about the treatment of women in relationships and society 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit

linnybear's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

She is not human. She is Annie, a Stella, her own star. No more and no less

Reading this book wasn't a pleasant experience by any means but I'm glad I've decided to finish it despite such heavy themes. I definitely expected more of a sci-fi story, instead got a heartbreaking tale about autonomy, abuse and control in very human relationships. It was a rollercoaster of emotions, a lot of anger and genuine sadness for Annie's situation but I found the ending almost cathartic and satisfying enough to make up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

sabrinaleaf's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

For something which only had one location and followed mostly the mundane life of one person, I found this enthralling. 
This is more of a character study of someone who isn’t human but, after an incident occurs, starts changing and learning how to be human. 
Its an allegory for all the woman who have been trapped by the men in their lives, who have had their credit taken from them, who have had to please their men and make sacrifices, but who have had the courage to change that path.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

danie_joye_breit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

For anyone particularly tired of "Men Writing Women," Annie Bot is a unique and refreshingly solid take on the complicated relationships between romantic partners and with oneself. I feel like I learned about my own metacognition from this book, and given how painfully relatable the content was, I laude the author for keeping the story brief (<250 pages). It packs a punch, but every adult should read Annie Bot.