Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

18 reviews

_annika__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I loved the story, but Brandr’s character was flat to me. Everything toward the end seemed to kind of get jumbled, and Brandr’s character made even less sense. This book also covers gender, race, and colonialism in… possibly not good ways? The author’s white, but the story is about Inuit, there is a lot of talk of Omat’s gender, and some other stuff. 

The story was fast-paced and never boring and I liked Omat’s character, but idk how I feel about the aforementioned issues were handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy

ojoh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

wouldn’t have picked it, read it for book club. Interesting overall, but many plot lines are left underdeveloped and there are so many characters crammed in at the end that it was not enjoyable. I feel the author should have consulted and named specific people from the marginalized groups she was attempting to represent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and War

emakay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Outing, Colonisation, and War

kabookworm's review against another edition

I really liked the beginning, like really liked the beginning, but a quarter of the way through it just became a bummer. I kept going bc things will get better, right? The foreshadowing was enticing, so I figured it’d be worth it in the end. 

Then new characters are introduced, and with them came transphobia, truly awful SA (not that there’s any other kind), and explicit sexual scenes that frankly I didn’t want to read or need to read. No amount of foreshadowing could convince me to continue. 
 
I had heard really good things about this book, and I want to support stories with diverse casts, but I simply felt like garbage reading it. It’s a no from me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Outing

abutler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is incredible. The first few pages contain some of the most beautiful writing I've ever read. It's a tough read at times though- definitely check the trigger warnings because there are some painful moments. But it is a wonderful journey that melds wonderful myths and traditions together to make something wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

rioburton's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

annablume's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

I have many problems with this book although I thoroughly enjoyed it. I didn't love the ending. I feel the way the book dealt with themes of sexual violence and rape is in some part shorthanded, cut short to further the overarching plot, which is my biggest quarrel with this novel. Some "plottwists" at the end came with no surprise at all. Throughout the book a bunch of very convenient things happened that may pull you out of it, but for me it was ok. Just one deus ex machina moment toward the middle was too much for me.   

Omat suddenly knowing Norse

I enjoyed the descriptions and depiction of nature and the protagonist's way of life and culture very much.

Other reviewers have articulated this already but the chapter(s?) where Omat and Brandr waltz into the "painted men's" settlement bug me. They have been displaced attacked by Omat's people and are currently under attack by Brandr's and are basically just there to give Omat the ability to speak Norse and see Brandrs past and teach a moral lesson. It's not good. Also I didn't like how at this point the norse mythology and language took over. I didn't like it, and then it intensified leading up to the finale, which ugggh. No I didn't enjoy Ragnarok. But I enjoyed the book as a whole a lot and had fun reading it. I enjoyed Omat, their family, culture and relationships. That's why I gave it 4 stars.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Slavery