Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

8 reviews

saffeh's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

Southern small town and its supernatural inhabitants serving silly sexiness and early 2000's nostalgia through outdated tropes such as "I'm not like other girls" and "I can fix him". This is pure camp and I unapologetically love it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

martini666's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jmeyers888's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Car accident

ittybittyninja12's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This one took me a second to finish,I think I was a tad bored because I've watched some of the show already. And honestly this is one of the times I like the show/movie better than the book. Not saying the book is bad but I feel like the show kept a lot from the book but added so much more on top of it. There's characters in the show that aren't in the book, and they just make it so much better. They feel much deeper in the show and put together. I did like hearing her thoughts and everything but now I can see how limiting it is, to see things just from her perspective. The romance is basically the same though. Also some of the terminology is a little too outdated. I know the show is as well but the book definitely is. So I was a tad uncomfortable at times. The show definitely updated from the books and I actually would recommend just watching the show. I'm not sure if I'll continue reading the books as it's a long series but maybe if I can't think of anything else to read I'll continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Grief

erinandllama's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

2.0

I was hoping the book might be better than the TV show, but it was far worst in almost every category.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

kes_kat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

I was aggravated through half of this book. The main character, Sookie was okay, but everyone else was insufferable with their stupidity and problematic behavior. I hated every side character! 

The love interest, Bill is okay but can be misogynistic, racist, and "old fashioned" because he's an old vampire. I liked how Sookie wasn't afraid to call him out in his crap. 

I absolutely hated Sookies boss, Sam by the end of the book! He was the absolute worse, and his character was negatively developed in my opinion. 

The only reason I finished this book is because I enjoy murder mystery books, and vampire books. The murderer mystery part was not bad. I didn't guess the murderer, and it made sense once they were revealed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

mmefish's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

1.5

Light/brainless but very problematic read. Would give it 1 star if I haven’t watched the show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

jadie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia and Misogyny