Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

20 reviews

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

The first chapter, in Davidson's head, is viserally uncomfortable. He's so awful, as he must be to represent a number people. The switches in POV were used really effectively to drive the plot, and also because you could see how one POV's actions would impact another, even if they did not. It's a short book, but there is so much packed in there. I felt such grief for the Earth, as well as Athshe. 
The final conversation between Selver and Lepennon gave me shivers.

"There is no use pretending, now, that we do not know how to kill one another."..."But you must not pretend to have reasons to kill one another." Says so much without saying it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

melalbx's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Rape

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

teainthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

tamiltamarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A parable of colonialism and resource extraction 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Colonisation

The massacre of breeding-age females is a plot point

kannyyeung's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

leguinstan's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Racism, Rape, and Violence

misogyny: the book is NOT misogynistic but a good chunk of the novella is written from the POV of a character who is very mysoginistic & racist (specifically anti-asian racism)

drips's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

the way everything is woven together from different povs is so masterful. i also fucking hated captain davidson but he is supposed to be hated so that's okay. just took a few breaks while reading. ursula was really so far ahead of her time with this masterpiece

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

mar's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

well i can't tell if I enjoyed this book per se but it did make me unlock a new emotion and is probably going to live in my mind rent free for a while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Rape