Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

10 reviews

fearisthevibekiller's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

maya_moksha's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

0.25

Vile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

ashleythebookwhore's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I’m convinced this whole book is a one-man con and we all got played. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Incest and Fire/Fire injury

trying_ceratops's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

I ended up liking this book by the end but the docked stars are for the pace of the book and the fact I’ve tried to read this 3-4 times before unsuccessfully and finally pushed through this time. The mythology is neat, there’s definitely some misogyny, and the character development is the main character is well done but takes forever. The middle felt like a nothing happened.  All that said, that should show how good the rest of the story is to get it up to 3.5. I know people who love this book and would argue its merits until they’re blue in the face, but I probably won’t re-read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

peggy_racham's review against another edition

3.25

Perhaps I wasn't the right audiance for this book. Its was strange and strangely slow at times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

justmys's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

444christina's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

This book was really weird, and though I liked it, I'm not sure I would recommend it. I also don't think I would have liked it as much if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook; I may have given up if I were reading a physical copy. 

For most of this book, I couldn't really tell you what it was about, or what the main plot was. Not that that's always a bad thing, but still. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Pedophilia

Anti-Romani slur (g slur) Predatory relationship between older man and young girl who may be underage Body horror to do with corpses, maggots, etc

talypollywaly's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

 

This book was incredibly obnoxious to me. The author's repeated references to young women in a sexual manner made it incredibly uncomfortable for me to read and I only ended up only finishing it for a book club.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny