Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

7 reviews

laurenleigh's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.5

I’m getting to the end of the year where I have random reading challenge prompts left, and this was my pick for Nordic Noir. I love a mystery detective novel, but the super dark, explicit, gritty quality to Nordic Noir just turns me off. Maybe I just wasn’t enjoying it, but it also felt like there could have been some editing. They are certain they found the culprit like five times before they actually solve the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

This was simply not a book for me. The amount of times I started and stopped reading was absurd. It was really giving me reading slump vibes. However, if I’m going to say something positive about it (and I will since I know some people would and have eaten this book up) it would be that the author is very creative. I haven’t read murders like this before. Nor have I read a plot or reasoning for killing like this before! I don’t think that makes up for how convoluted and confusing the whole plot and story structure was, but it’s something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Gun violence

danajoy's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

nightswim78's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, and Gaslighting

acesnsk8s's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, and Death of parent

Note about police brutality tw: book is not about police brutality, but protag is your standard rogue cop who feels above the law. If that's a problem, give it a pass.

breezer's review against another edition

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

2.0

Major misogynistic overtones and unchallenged sexism made this a tough read. (Think male authors writing women Twitter feed) Had some redemption in the small bits of action and atmosphere we got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Terminal illness

alylentz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Read this for a class--really long, the translation can make it a little clunky at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual violence