Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

7 reviews

dreamyari's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.5

content warnings: animal cruelty, animal death, blood, body horror, cannibalism, child abuse, child death, death, death of parent, emotional abuse, excrement, gore, islamophobia, mental illness, misogyny, murder, physical abuse, pregnancy, racial slurs, rape, sexism, sexual assault, sexual violence, torture

i’m not even kidding, this and dead inside have the exact same problem of being so formulaic where every chapter is the repeat of the previous one with like. a sentence of a difference. extreme horror is great but only when done with an iota of something that isn’t just ~oooo disgusting description that will make the reader gag~. it sure will!! but what’s the point if that’s all there is? WHY did so many influencers recommend this lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, Racial slurs, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Child death, Rape, Islamophobia, Death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Excrement

katenorman17's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Vomit, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

queenofodas's review against another edition

Honestly, the book is poorly writen, is like reading the saddistic fantasies of a 13 year old boy with mommy issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Incest, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Murder

tigrah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

walsmo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.75

Uncomfortable, gross, overtly sexual in an awful way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Violence

stellasaur's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.75

Cunt, piss, cunt, shit, cunt, puke, cunt, cunt, cunt. There. That's the book. Entirely puerile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Excrement, Gore, Rape, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

akeila91's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.0

The good points of this book is the author is clearly an amazing writer, the book is so well written. The main reason I finished this book was because of how well written it was. It delivers what it says it’s going to. It makes you uncomfortable, anything “dark” you think you’ve read before it completely obliterates. 

The bad points is I think the story and character development fell short for me. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, bar a marginal pang of sympathy for his torturous life. But that didn’t grip me enough to become emotionally invested. The only character I felt any kind of draw to was dog. I feel like had the gore and disgust been turned down just a touch and the story and characters developed a little further, this could have been a 5 star read for me. But I understand what the author was trying to do. Anyone wanting to read please heed the TW’s as there is some very serious shit in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit