Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Bodyguard by Katherine Center

4 reviews

aqtbenz's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Car accident, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism

bethrb's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

This was silly fun, but Bratz/fashion dolls did not deserve the stray criticism they got here! 

Everything about those dolls and

Kennedy

felt so... 2010's feminism.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Self harm, Classism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

sad

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

1-2 ⭐️
so yes don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the reversal of the bodyguard idea, HOWEVER, this book is filled with lines shaming others appearance for the fmc's self esteem. His ex is a famous like model or something; essentially she was famous for being attractive (or smth) and  the plot hinged an uncomfortable amount on shaming her; either negative comments about how she got cosmetic surgery/wore makeup/got dressed up a certain way and she was made into this kinda negative stereotype, then compared against the fmc, who was 'real' according the the LI 🙄 it was like  Yes, this was fun at times and had a decent level of emotion but the woman bashing for the sake of the fmc alone was a bit much for me.

Also there is a lot of tragedy in this book it is not really a happy book, fair warning… ‼️ SPOILERS? ‼️ it starts with her mom dying and his brother is also passed and it was just a lot of possible triggers (PLEASE CHECK TW/CW) packed into one book which like is fine but the description doesn’t really prepare you for the way some of these things are handled and it's like not all that light tbh especially towards the end. I think there are some people who will enjoy this book but definitely check tw/cw (especially suicide and such) and be prepared for some women bashing on women and not great stereotyping of the LI’s ex. 

I enjoy the idea but this book missed the mark for me and I didn’t even want to re read the parts of it for the review, and doing that made it drop in my enjoyment of it immensely 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Ableism, Alcohol, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Violence and Ableism

Character aims to harm others then ‘plot twist’ he was only there to die by suicide and there is a comment about brain matter not being in someone’s skull because of gun violence I’ll say that…

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was a no-brainer for me, bodyguard trope, but the bodyguard is a woman looking after a man? Sign me up. For the most part, this book was good. The writing was a little dialogue heavy and sometimes I felt like I was getting whiplash reading it, but that also made it go by faster. This had a true rom-com feel to it while also dealing with themes like familial trauma, death of a loved one, and some other pretty trigger heavy stuff, but I thought that it was dealt with with sensitivity.

There could be minor spoilers below, so just a warning:

Some aspects I didn't really enjoy were the way a lot of the women in this book were portrayed. There was your "stereotypical vapid Hollywood girlfriend" trope in there, and I get that tropes are tropes for a reason, but the way that our main character, Hannah, was often held up as being better than other women in LA because she...doesn't get plastic surgery? I guess? I thought that was weird and misogynistic on the part of the author, probably inadvertently, but misogynistic nonetheless. Very "not like other girls" of her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Misogyny, Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cancer, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity and Murder