Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

8 reviews

diegolopez's review against another edition

challenging slow-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? Yes

1.0

An interesting concept that's not executed well. At times boring with repetitive chapters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, and Blood

Minor: Cancer

cryptofauna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

2.5

im so sorry via i really wanted to love this one.
it was just. weird and kind of mediocre. the main vibe that i got is that the author read intensity (or some other thriller novel w travel elements) and then wanted to wring out everything that made that book good into watered down ya fiction. there are just so many better ya thrillers than this one that you could go read instead.
i didnt really find any of the characters interesting, and the plot felt very predictable. the writing was pretty good and i was generally interested in figuring out where it was going, especially because it was so short and fast paced.  the letters from her admirer felt so random and had no connections to who it turned out being, but it was so obviously him because he was the only one she trusted somewhat and kept playing up how cute he was. 
knocked it out in two hours during a storm at camp but i really wasn't hyped about finishing it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

shmayjoy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This novel reminds me of every awful time I've ever had to sleep under a charging station in an airport. If, like past me and a million other traveling students, you have ever had to face the usual miserable "delayed due to a blizzard" winter break lay overs, you can easily slide into the protagonist's shoes...even if you would never accept the ride she decided on.
Five Perfect Strangers takes an ordinary teen who needs to get home to her mom for the holidays, and the four college students heading the same direction. Richards throws us into the back roads of Pennsylvania to remind us not to trust a person solely by their appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was alright, and I was not sure how the ending would turn out. Major question though -

what happened with MC's parents, and why such a secret?? I thought he did something heinous!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Confinement

Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Medical content

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

morganperks's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

lots of things don't add up.

still don't get how that one hitchhiker kept finding them. where was Josh hiding their stuff? and whatever happened to the kid they ran over? like I'm sure the dad is itching to kill them all...ya know? for revenge. are they not charged with attempted murder or theft at least? did Josh know the flights were going to be canceled?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A good, but tense read if you like this sort of thing. :) Also it takes place over Christmas Eve, as the main characters travel across Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Seeing as I read this during said dates and currently live in Pittsburgh, I find this a tad prescient.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, and Alcohol

pastry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Wow, this was fantastic. The slow creeping terror the longer it all goes on and the weirder everyone behaves. I had a hunch of who it could be at the end, but I wasn't fully correct. I could never quite settle until right before it was revealed, so this was really well done. I think the one thing that was missing a bit for me was at the start - I never really warmed up to any of the other four characters, so it wasn't hard to be suspicious of all of them. I'd have liked it a bit better if some of that had seemed genuinely nice at the start, but Harper already seemed like a bit much. 
And

ngl, as much as Josh being the creep made sense, I think it would have actually been great if it had turned out to be a woman instead, which is why I suspected Harper for the longest time. I still kinda figured it would be expected for it to be a man, since that does seem to be more common, but it being a woman would have been great to subvert that trope.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail