Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

6 reviews

lalouveverte's review against another edition

Pleasant enough. The author both overestimates and underestimates how a 12 year old acts, and did not take into consideration that his readership might be partially girls and women. The misogyny, unlike the world building, was not a nice touch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Stalking, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Kidnapping and Blood

aceofsphades_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Amazing, kept me entertained. Haven’t finished a book that fast in awhile 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

jjstallone's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Bullying, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

fayesreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was my first time reading this book & I have thoughts! It was such an intriguing premise with a really fun plot/characters & reading this series may spin me into my Greek myth retellings era! I definitely will be continuing this series & I loved it! On the other hand, this book had a plethora of extremely problematic moments that were incredibly disheartening to discover, especially considering how well loved this series is. I know Rick has actively put effort into educating himself & doing better & acknowledging his mistakes in his earlier books, etc but it was still hard to read at times. I did really enjoy it, but I also feel sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Islamophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

likeactualsoulmates's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This was the second time I read this book after initially reading it when I was 13, so I already was going in with a lot of nostalgia tied to it. I did not remember how fun this book was! It felt like a ride and we were hopping from adventure to adventure. It did the best job a first book can do, introduce a cast of characters and thoroughly introduce each one, give us the chance to meet them all. I am excited to see what they characters get up to!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Bullying, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse