Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters

5 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

I don't read very many straight romances, most leave me more annoyed than anything else.  However, I've read this authors work before and this book is probably my favorite so far.

This is a dark romance with nice world building and well written characters.  I was a bit hesitant at times about the romance but in the end I really liked both Aria and Carter and their character development.

Also, the formatting was so pretty, I love seeing pictures/art work in books.  It makes the reading experience so much better.

I do recommend reading the content warnings before picking it up though.

♡ Hurt/Comfort
♡ Dark Romance
♡ Forbidden Romance
♡ Dom/sub Relationship
♡ Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Murder, Cursing, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, Stalking, Torture, War, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Abandonment, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

taylorvalerie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape

cxizzybellcx's review against another edition

After reading the first book, i have decided to DNF this toxicity. How can this book be compared to beauty and the beast? THERE ARE LITERALLY NO SIMILARITIES!!! At least the beast wasn’t a complete beast to belle in the Disney movie. Carter was your definition of a psychotic and controlling beast of a human! If you can classify that blood thirsty psychopath as a human. Don’t even get me started on aria either. The poor girl was stripped from her basic human rights, but continuing to fawn over Carter’s good looks? Come on now, you are on survival mode!! I really dislike how manipulative and deceiving this book is! AND COMPLETELY DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS WOMEN IN GENERAL! I get it takes place within a mafia setting, but the common decency this book has towards females is no where to be found. 
The fact that Carter makes aria KNEEL TO HIM to have some sort of control. It grinds my gears every time he has to mention Aria was nothing but a possession to him. And literally forces her to be with him, and give her all to him in order for Aria not to be traumatized more! I get Aria did it to survive, but she eventually liked it to the point where she begged him to stay! 
Don’t even get me started on the plot either, but wait? What plot? There was legitimate no plot at all!! It was just mentions of Carter being obsessive and possessive over aria and aria trying to Survive her captures! The storyline would’ve been great had it actually been followed. 
I don’t know…this book itself is beyond toxic. I hope I’m reading the same book as everyone else who gave it more than 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Torture, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Blood, and Toxic relationship

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Rape, War, Death of parent, Child death, and Misogyny

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.0

This is a dark romance. Emphasis on dark. From what I understand All He Ever Was is the author’s way of healing from her own traumas, and I understand the point. I can see some of myself in Aria, but Carter pisses me off in a way that I’m not sure I can explain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Self harm, and War