Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

16 reviews

voilajean's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

anjayne's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

thevanessa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5/5⭐️



It was really good, but I wouldn’t recommend it, at least not without a full list of trigger warnings😅

The audiobook though 👏🏻so good👏🏻 one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to! The voice actors gave it there all and really sold me the story, so much so that it felt real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

runefactories's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

1.5

I enjoyed this book until ~80% through but the last 20% ruined it! What a shame. 

When discussing people who have been victimized and go on to victimize others, it’s important to have nuance and recognize that someone’s abusive actions don’t magically cancel out abuse they previously experienced. You can be a victim and an abuser at the same time - this seems to be a foreign concept in this book. This book had a shred of nuance at first, but it was gone by the end and the author did not handle this important theme responsibly. It was said throughout by multiple “reasonable” characters that a grooming victim actually manipulated the much older man into being with her, with minimal criticism, that it seemed like this was the (gross n misogynistic) point the author was trying to make. The notion that children are responsible for adults’ sexual abuse is always false and I cannot in good faith recommend this book as a result of that notion being promoted. It is always the adult’s responsibility to decline any sexual advances from children. There was so much bullshit at the end about

how the groomer husband was actually such a nice guy and good dad and aww he loved video games and the twitch chat loved him and Josie is pure evil and so mean and manipulated him into grooming her when she was 14. despite him grooming and raping Josie as a 40yo man, we should totally feel sorry for him now that he’s geriatric and dead lmao. as if! and multiple characters saying that it’s ridiculous to suggest that he might be sexually abusing his daughters even though he has a track record of sexually abusing girls…wild. also calling her a basic b*tch at the end - is that the best you can do? just a typical misogynistic insult? for someone that stole from her, killed her husband, etc. you’d think she’d have more material than that

idk I had higher hopes, I’d avoid this one if you don’t want to hear misogynistic crap about how teenage girls can mANiPuLaTe poor little 40+ year old men into relationships

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny

noel_k's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Riveting at first, then it drags. A little too long, rushed ending, ultimately extremely unsatisfying.

I found it very upsetting that it writes off Child Sex Abuse as the child’s fault as a seductress. Nearing the end it just becomes a textbook situation that our rape culture adores where a woman is lying about her abuse and creating some 4D chess plot to ruin lives and murder. The quick ending to try and make Josie’s ending more ambiguous does nothing. Sickening

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

dusktreader's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

Jewell does a good job of creating tension and twists and in that way it’s a well-crafted book. I found it compelling and wanted to keep reading and found some of the ambiguity and questions the book were really interesting to think about, like

who really killed Brooke and why, and who knew what about it. The audio narration and production was really engaging. 

I had a lot of trouble with the position the book put me in as a reader where

we are set up to question whether Josie was groomed by an older man and whether it was not his fault after all if she made advances at him. It’s already so disgustingly common for people to doubt and question survivors of abuse, and look for ways that even children must have done something to deserve it, and just write it off. I was so uncomfortable being put in that position.

 

I think Jewell could have created the same experience for readers of a character who is either trapped and desperate or an evil mastermind or somewhere in between without leaning on common misconceptions about abuse, or by subverting them instead of conforming to them, which I think is a real missed opportunity and could have been a much stronger book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mpswans1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Omfg I have not experienced that level of psychological thriller in such a long time. Although o thought I knew how it would end, every twist made me think I had no idea. I stopped in my tracks multiple times to say “oh my god wtf”. Full of ambiguous truths, complicated (or are they?) and motivations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ella_christina's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelmcg2004's review against another edition

I read a review which explained how certain plot points ended, which sadly ended up being very misogynistic and affirming of pedophilia. Just a PSA: children can NEVER seduce adults, and if that is the perspective this book is going to take its not worth the waste of my time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Pedophilia

naereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol