Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

4 reviews

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

When a group of people go to a vacation house for the weekend, they never dream that it could unravel their lives. 

This book kept me interested in the plot, but wasn’t anything special. I found it semi-predictable and a little heavy on the concept of “family”. The ending also dragged on a little long. 

I liked Henry’s story arc the best, which was only a small portion of the whole thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

maeverose's review against another edition

This was my first attempt at a thriller, I only picked it for the cover tbh. I’d suggest skipping it.

The first third was somewhat interesting, but then it derailed for me. There are too many characters and povs, some of which seemed to have been thrown in unnecessarily. I also really don’t like to read about stalkers so it got a bit triggering for me. I looked up how it ends and it wouldn’t have been worth it to keep reading.

It also really felt like it was going to have a ‘childhood trauma and mental illness makes you homicidal or a stalker’ Kind of take, as the two antagonists seemed to be the only characters in the entire book with mental illness issues (besides Hannah’s mom, who was also just a shitty person). This came out last year. We’re done with that trope. That should never have been a trope to begin with.

Thankfully I got this for free at a little free library so I didn’t waste my money.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infertility, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny

abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. There was way too many POVs and some of them were completely unnecessary. This has mostly all unlikable characters so if you need to like the characters this one isn’t for you. I honestly know where this was going because it was obvious to me at least. It was entertaining enough and it want horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism