Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

7 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Self harm, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, and Sexual content

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

the misogyny was rife in this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Suicide

keqingtan's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

murakami spins oddly specific scenarios into fables of human nature. within each story, he suspends characters between growth and stillness, the past and the present. the result is an anthology that depicts grief, loneliness, disconnect, hatred, love —and every other emotion that women are capable of making us feel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Misogyny

fionnlister's review

emotional mysterious reflective

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

ccs's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Misogyny

audc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

A large portion of the story is men’s perspective (as expected). Halfway through the book, I just wanted to stop. I think you get a wrong perspective or implication of women lurking and waiting to cheat. Either it’s a thing in Japan or Murakami has some stuff to work through. 

A lot of mention of songs (appreciated that). 

There’s an amount of stuff written that I don’t understand what the author was trying to get across or whether they really are ignorant (;misogynistic).

“That really turned me on…Maybe it was because I was so turned on that my period started almost immediately after that.”

Unfortunately, the relationships that are explored between men and women is sexual (often with infidelity on the woman’s part)  and the way women described often relates to whether they’re conventionally attractive or unattractive. 

Very simple, nail-on-the-head descriptions. Perhaps, that’s possibly why many of the stories just blend together monotonously. 

I had a lot of questions about what a book titled “Men Without Women” would be about.
At first; When would a man not have multiple women in his life? What sort of impact did these women have one these men’s lives?, 
And later; Does a relationship with a woman/women only count through a consensual agreement? What about friendships? 

“…losing one woman means losing all women.”

Favorites: (Drive My Car) , (An Independent Organ) , and (Samsa in Love) I just liked the premise of the story. 
The last story (Men Without Women) was an okay ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Child death, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cancer, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse and Bullying

mysticlucy's review

Lots of misogyny. Murakami isn't good at writing about women and it really shows in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny