Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Nana by Brandon Massey

5 reviews

lareinadehades's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to like this, but the characters made it impossible. I also did not like the misogyny of the husband.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

The story was decent but it was really hard to feel the tension when I just didn't care about the characters. The characters were kind of flat and dismissive of eachother. I didn't care about Monica (the victim in the story) because when the story was told from Troy's (Monica's husband) perspective he didn't really seem like he cared about her. He only seemed to care about being right, which made it hard to care about him. 

The story is kind of predictable, but that wouldn't have been a problem if the characters were more developed. We immediately got into the "tense" part of the story without learning anything about the characters. Well, we did learn two things one is that Monica struggles to parent her strong willed daughter and that Troy is a f**k boy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

susie77's review

adventurous dark fast-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

3.75

This is the only book I’ve read from Brandon Massey. It was an enjoyable story, kept me wanting to listen to the audio book, however, I didn’t feel any great excitement while listening, even though the narrator was amazing. was disappointed with the ending; it felt like something was missing from the book. 

I also think I would have enjoyed it more if Nana was fully human. However, as she wasn’t, I feel an explanation as to what she was would have rounded things of better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

sadieriley's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, and Misogyny

remie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Body shaming, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Incest, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy