Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

7 reviews

pabi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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

Gotta love when a poet writes a novel. Too good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Physical abuse

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing sad slow-paced

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

2.25

This book made me so angry. The protagonist embodies patheticism, and his whole life can only be described as futile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

vanguardens's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-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

4.5

What does it mean to be alive when you wish to be among the dead? That is Cyrus Shams’ central obsession. Martyr! takes you on a series of journeys of one man holding multiple histories in his body and mind. A scathing story of addiction, recovery and how “living life on life’s terms” does not gel well with post-post-modernist conceptions of justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

cianishere's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

b_easelbub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

librarianjennifer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Abandonment, and Colonisation

travisppe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

Really loved this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol