Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

16 reviews

withlivjones's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book exemplifies what a mythology retelling can be - by transporting Sophocles’ Antigone into the present day where the characters are no longer Greek royalty but instead British Muslims, Shamsie gives the myth clear relevance to today’s society, all while staying true to the plot and retaining the themes and conflicts that make Antigone so timeless. The complex moral issues in this book are discussed with such empathy, so that even when characters make decisions one may not agree with, one can understand why they might be driven to do what they do. Antigone is one of my favourite plays, and this book captures its essence perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Sexual content

Graphic depictions of terrorist organisations

oriana095's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, Islamophobia, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent and Misogyny

deanchaudhri's review

challenging emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, War, Torture, and Death of parent

astridmalmhester's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Islamophobia, Racism, War, Death, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny

remib's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Misogyny

noahsingh's review

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Grief, Islamophobia, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Murder, War, Deportation, Misogyny, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Suicide

Minor: Child death

msjenne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Racism, Colonisation, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Deportation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexism

antoniav's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Grief, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Misogyny

carolinalopezwatt's review

challenging informative medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Classism and Racism

stw07's review

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

Well, that was disturbing. 

I enjoyed the first quarter of the book, but that section is drastically different from the rest of the novel. Honestly I don’t know how I feel about it. It throws a lot at you, and makes you spend a lot of time in the perspectives of characters with disturbing viewpoints. And then the ending. 

This is actually a retelling of the Antigone myth. I only learned that from the author’s acknowledgments since I’ve never read it. I think knowing that would have been useful for interpreting it, although it does spoil some plot points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Islamophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Sexism, Death, Misogyny, Torture, and Violence

Perspectives of members of extremist groups