Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Yakut Orman by Rita Mae Brown

27 reviews

kelelelou's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

will i recommend this book to people ? yes. did i enjoy reading about

“incest” within the first few chapters as well as rape scenes between the MC and one of her love interests ? not really 😭

however, i was able to relate to and understand plenty of things in here in regards to my relationship with lesbianism as well as the world around me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Grief, and Abandonment

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Incest, Infidelity, and Antisemitism

emilybr's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Abortion

thaliareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Overall I enjoyed the pace of this book, and I enjoyed watching Molly learn and grow as she moved further into her life. I especially loved how unapologetically herself she was. Her boldness in a time where she could have been severely punished for it was really cool. However, this probably isn't a book I would automatically feel compelled to re-read without a specific reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

It would take forever to list all the reasons for the warnings I tagged, but it basically boils down to being an unavoidable fact of following a gay woman in a time when being both made you targeted and viewed as less than others. However, to clarify, the author never comes off as sexist or homophobic, it's just a part of the MCs experience. The only thing I'll add is that there is a lot of stereotyping at certain points in the book and I'm not sure if that was meant as a comment on the way society viewed these groups during that time period or if it was the author themselves. To me this didn't seem like it was ever in a way that was harmful, just improper.

patchy_at_best's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gaslighting

tinstae's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

kerrence30's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Bold and honest account of the life of a woman’s journey from childhood as she discovers her sexuality and how others react to her revelation in 20th century USA. Interesting to feel so immersed in the life of the main character, and understand her thoughts and feelings, feel her losses and betrayals. Not always the most likeable main characters, which I enjoyed. A truly honest account.

I can understand why this was perceived as shocking at the time of  first publishing, not because of the theme of lesbianism, but the tone and word choice is often harsh, blunt and direct. There are some explicit scenes which are not written akin to a modern day romance novel. The main character is rightly unapologetic in how she lives her life, with a hint of aiming to intentionally shock.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Classism

whimsykat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Racism, Suicide, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sib_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mollyv's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

It is hard to rate a book that has such historical significance for queer women - so a neutral rating seems fair. 

I can see why it has the praise it does, to read about such a confidently queer female character in a book written in 1973 and set even earlier was really interesting. To see the struggles that came with being queer and working class in the USA at the time was also very illuminating. 

However, the stance the book takes on some issues disturbed me. The acceptance of incest was particularly jarring and made me extremely uncomfortable. The several dub-con moments between the main character and others was also difficult to read and never critically discussed. The bandying about of slurs and racist opinions was also something that was not handled as well as I would have liked. There was also very weird adult/minor sexual relationships and moments which were extremely uncomfortable but not called out.  Be warned it is also very sexual, this is not a criticism, but it was something I was not expecting to that extent and did find a little difficult at times, especially when the main character was a child. 

Overall, as a queer woman I am glad I read it due to its importance to the community but I do not know if I could recommend it to others without a whole slew of warnings attached. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Ableism, Infertility, Infidelity, and Suicide