Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

39 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

0.25

The main character is impossibly bland and frustrating. She is put through countless toxic or downright abusive situations. Both potential love interests are toxic and abusive. Her family is neglectful and abusive. This classifies, at best, as a dark romance. If you are already unimpressed by the offerings of that genre you will not have a good time reading this. The first sixty percent of the book is boring and toxic. After that it is no longer as boring but triple toxic.  
The audiobook narrator does good with the material she is given but this is definitely not a tale for me. People say the next book is better and this is the worst book in the series but I am not giving this author a second chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Death, Sexual content, Confinement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Rape, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Classism

jesslp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Physical abuse

grimseilah's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

okay. first to get this out of the way, sarah j. maas is an incredibly problematic author. and tbh she's not a great writer. i did NAWT buy this book. don't buy this book it ain't worth it. i only re-read the series because i wanted to properly critique the content...

and then i forgot to do the review. but i still remember all i hated in ACOTAR.

"my own bowels turned watery with fear." everyone hates this phrase and i do too, it was never-ending and just a terrible, terrible description. 

ACOTAR itself is simply a Beauty and the Beast-type story, practically everyone's read it so i'm not gonna discuss the story. i see why it appealed to so many people though. it's pretty digestible romance, and it hits all the fairytale points. the girl is taken from her humdrum life and swept into a far richer life by a fae highlord, who's inhumanely attractive and is into her. and they fuck. it's what everyone wants!

it's pretty average and of the entire series is the better book of the series.

but.

it's always annoying when white 'fantasy' authors do this thing where they invert racial dynamics by creating a system in their books where white folks experience oppression akin to real life oppression i and other black people face. having humans be enslaved by fae was so ugh, like i outwardly sighed.

i also sighed when maas had the premise be that feyre is like this tough, badass girl. feyre didn't give that *to me*. and i would expound, but i forgot the details so i'm moving on.

the answer to the riddle amarantha gave her...that riddle was so damn stupid. not more stupid than feyre but it was coming close! (the girl thought her disabled father who wouldn't move to feed her, came to Prythian to save her.)

again this story is the strongest in the series, and i only think that's because it draws from so much material we're already familiar with, which is why i haven't called it a 'good' book. it's not; it's quite boring. you know what's gonna happen, you know where the stories going because we've seen it all before. 

that's about all i got to say about this one. i did not buy this book. y'all, do not buy this book. want better for yourself, you can do so much better 🙏🏽

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Misogyny

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I thought this book was pretty mid. SJM is good at creating a fantastical world, but I find the romantic relationships in her books to be somewhat problematic. ACOTAR was no exception. While I liked the overall plot of the book, I could not get on board with the possessive and over-protective nature of the male love interests. I know there is a lot of hype around the series, so I’m willing to continue on to the next book in hopes that there is some character growth! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, and Vomit

briears's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/injury detail, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Confinement, Classism, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, and Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Excrement, Vomit, War, Slavery, Sexism, Misogyny, Cursing, Animal death, and Death of parent

hairypoppins's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.25

Surely this book can’t be serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual content, War, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Misogyny

anastasia_st's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Misogyny

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

 Oh boy, so many things to say here. First of all, this was the first series in over 10 years that I DNF'd (never got past the first book). The writing is mediocre at best, the descriptions are trite and cliche, and it reads like fanfiction written by a middle-schooler. The main character, Feyre, is whiny, unlikable, and overall bland and annoying, she reads like a textbook self-insert mary sue who is the best at everything, except being girly because she's "not like other girls". The plot makes no real sense, and the story takes forever to move forward, usually with more focus on the smutty romance bits than the actual storyline. This story has just taken Katniss from the Hunger Games, poorly reskinned her, and dumped her in a wannabe dark and raunchy beauty and the beast ripoff. I could maybe see how it could be enjoyable for a horned up middle schooler/ early high schooler, but this book is not for anyone who wants actual substance to their stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Death, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Stalking, Alcohol, Abandonment, Ableism, Misogyny, Cursing, Blood, and Classism

jht5791's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Animal death, and Kidnapping

maychan's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

Maybe 2.5 stars would be more accurate than just a 2 star?? I mean it was boring at first it but then it got pretty good by the end, I didn't care about the characters that much but gosh did I hate Rhysand, not sure why anyone would like him when he's literally awful, the villain was evil too but her evilness felt cartoonish, not sure if I like that or not tbh. The romance didn't make that much sense to me, like why did Feyre and Tamlin even fell for each other ??? I didn't get it, so yeah idk what to feel about this book really but then again it's better than I was expecting so... That's good I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Misogyny