Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

4 reviews

lefthandlou's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Decently spooky book with an interesting twist and consistent throughout. I liked that this didn’t have the usual drop off in believability 3/4 through that so many horror novels have. The plot was steady and holds up. I found Claire’s character to be very irritating, however, and the “I’m broken and dangerous” schtick to be tiresome. Ultimately satisfied with this read, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Cursing, Medical trauma, and Torture

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Dude! I can't even begin to tell you how fucking good this book was!!!  If you have ever watched The Shining or Ghost Ship, then I would say to pick this book up whether it's an audio (I HIGHLY recommend this version), physical copy or an ebook. You will not regret it!

You literally feel like you are there with the team every step of the way through this adventure. And oh wow, was this an adventure! The characters were phenomenal (even the ones who weren't all that pleasant) and the world building was just mind blowing. The descriptions of: how events mighy/might not have happened and/or what might have been/was happening made you question whether it was real or not, just like the MC and other characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Confinement, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness

patchespapercut's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Yeah this was everything I wanted and more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit