Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

7 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Read For:

Trauma

Rich Kids

Writing Club

Breakfast Club Vibes

Private School Setting

I had kinda high hopes with this book but unfortunately it just kinda flopped for me.  It was unfortunately incredibly boring.  The plot dragged out until the last few chapters and the epilogue did more telling than showing with the writing style.  

While this book had nice diversity and representation with LGBTQIA and BIPOC characters I just didn’t really feel anything towards these characters.  Which in my opinion make or break a book.  It felt like every time I was getting used to a characters POV it would switch, which is a bit ironic since a lot of these chapters were on the longer side.

The plot touched on some depressing topics that I wasn’t fully expecting.  It wasn’t horribly done but the bullying was absolutely annoying to read.  I just didn’t care for this as much as I thought I was going to.

POV: Multiple, Third Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Lesbian (MC & SC), Gay (MC), Bisexual (MC), LGBTQIA Characters, BIPOC Characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, and Grief

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

I really wanted to like this book a lot, but something just didn’t really click with me. It’s definitely worth a re-red tho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Hate crime, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Islamophobia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Self harm

Moderate: Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol and Body shaming

A character struggles with Trichotillomania

eggboy397's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

suz_n_van's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, and Homophobia

callmesword's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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

"He’s never felt like he’s belonged to a group. But maybe with the Circle, he finally will."

Belong. Perfect. Fear. Survival. Forgiveness.

Not only is this book GENIUS, but also it may have single handedly gave me back the inspiration and my love of writing fleshed-out stories.

It gave me a latin american character I heavily relate to, as latin american myself, which is not something usually found (freddy's word being belong, same bud). While at it, it taught me little things from other cultures as well.

Even though I really placed my hopes on aromantic Spencer and it didn't turn out that way, the inclusion of other queer representation feels so natural: it's not a super big deal, it just is. And I love it.

The whole plot, the writing, the academic setting, the multiple POVs, the prologue and epilogue. It's all genius, I wished it included a tad more mystery but that's okay.

I can't believe I put this book off for a month or so, I will definitely be reading more by Abdi Nazemian from now on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Vomit and Misogyny

sarah984's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

3.0

This is yet another book with an interesting concept but a kind of meh execution. I liked the general plot trajectory (wrapped up a bit too neatly for me but this is YA so that's not surprising), most of the heavy topics are covered well, and I thought the friend group's evolution worked really nicely.

However, there were way too many POV characters and topics covered, and it made the pacing feel off. I feel like with a few tweaks Beth and Brunson could have been cut without losing much plotwise (Beth was so frustrating that her POV chapters made me want to DNF twice in the first half so maybe I'm biased) as they were the least well developed of the characters. The conflict should have been introduced way earlier so that a revelation near the end wouldn't feel so rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Classism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Cancer, and Child abuse

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

There are several harrowing scenes describing hazing in a boys' dormitory. Multiple scenes featuring the mindset/thoughts of a character with obsessive hair pulling.