Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The City Inside by Samit Basu

4 reviews

readersbutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

One of the best pieces of speculative fiction I have ever read. The book doesn’t fetishize a tech culture, wrapped in the western idealization of Asia, as a dystopian wonderland where a savior arises. It is gritty, earthy, real, and devours you whole. The paths of our two main characters do divest in such strong ways, but it is so powerful as a reminder of the people we can become in the face of unprecedented change, censorship, violence, war, and genocide. It pushes the future and still leaves heart behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

The City Inside is intensely focused on world building. Set in a near futuristic (next like 10-20 years) India struggling with fascism, climate change, and pandemics, so people escape through the internet (or "Flow") and virtual reality. It's realistic terrifying world building and the perspectives it was shown from were interesting as Joey and Rudra are by all means normal people. However, the book is heavy on exposition, the prose mainly long paragraphs explaining the world that made it a slog to get through and difficult to connect to the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Alcohol, and Deportation

annaonthepage's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Gaslighting