Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

46 reviews

analea_lucille's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

As a Quaker and a pacifist, I never thought I could love a book about murder so much…but these assassins crept their way into my heart! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Death, Excrement, Torture, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Addiction, Cursing, Colonisation, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Pregnancy

rrubin97's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

Never underestimate a menopausal woman 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, and Child death

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Cursing, Violence, Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Grief

jenn_reads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Misogyny

btothebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was such a fun read. It moved super fast and I loved that the characters didn’t feel like a cartoon of what an assassin would be. I liked the flashbacks but appreciated that they didn’t take over half the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Misogyny

abaighritz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Misogyny

bwwilhelm's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

I didn't know I needed a book about retiring lady assassins in their 60s, but here we are. And it was *good*. Funny and cathartic and genuine in that way that only really excellent fiction can be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

It's a book about assassins. There's plenty of violence and death, but none of it really feels gratuitous.

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Blood, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Cancer, Death, Sexism, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

There are Nazis mentioned. There’s one

that is killed in the book

but otherwise doesn’t matter too much. Very cool story.

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Racism, and Pregnancy

helliepad's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

A charming story! It delivered its premise of "retired female assassins get targeted by their company. actions to follow" good enough that it kept me reading. The sheer novelty of reading about old women kicking ass and taking names is great, and while the book didn't have much drama or tension between its main characters, it was fine, because they were facing enough challenges due to their age and the amount of action it takes to get through a simple mission of theirs.

What I love most about the stories is how kind it is to women, and the relationships they formed. The main characters have been assassins for over four decades. I love the little bits of history, of grief from dead people and love at the wrong time. There are sexually active old women, a heavily pregnant woman in charge of heavy operations, a teenage girl doing her best, a childless woman who survived their partner, a childless woman with her wife and their cat, a childless woman who chose career over love— and they weren't shamed by the narrative for their characters. Indeed, there weren't any serious academic discussions about sexism and misogyny and ageism although the women do experience it, and yet it doesn't matter because that's not the point of the book.

The point of the book was to show these senior citizens bludgeon and lie and cheat and work together to get their rightful pensions– and the book delivers beautifully on that end. 👏 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Sexism