Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

87 reviews

theimposter's review

mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body horror, Bullying, Animal death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, Rape, Misogyny, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Torture

neptunianram's review

dark

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

3.5

forcefully written with depictions of violence against women so clear i felt i had to look away from the page. an engaging story, but maybe horror novels are something i only read once or twice a year for a reason…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Murder, Gore, and Body horror

kittyinatophat's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.75

You go girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Animal death, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Misogyny

wylovat's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Animal death, Confinement, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Body shaming, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Vomit, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

bloupibloupreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

i really liked the spooky creepy vibe. the body horror description really made me want to puke and i got overall pretty scared while reading the first few parts. the beginning was a little bit slow but the pace got pretty fast after part four, maybe a little bit too fast?? so many things happened and i was expecting NONE of it! which is great. so many twist that i didn’t saw coming. the main character is extremely reliable, not personality-wise but in her womanhood and experience as a woman. even if she’s 50 and i’m only 20, i did relate a lot to her feelings.

i would say i got a little bit bored when the furies became friends with mary. the main reason i got scared while reading this book was because they were here. dead naked women with bloody pillowcases on their heads and sharp pointy fingers that can slice you up like you’re some grated cheese. that’s pretty scary. but they kinda lost all of their credibility when they started helping mary and siding with her. nothing was horrific or thrilling about this book anymore, it was just “lets kill everyone that did us wrong” type of horror. 
but don’t get me wrong! i really liked the whole women supporting and helping other women even through death, but not in a horror book where these spirits are supposed to be the antagonist in a way?? apart from that i really enjoyed this book! i couldn’t put it down for two days straight and i was always excited to turn a new page and know more about mary!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

noelle1121005's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Blood

allred's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

5.0

this book raises the bar for all of the other books ive read
it is gorgeous, beautiful, challenging, literally the best thing ive ever read
it is so deeply important to read and i love it with all my heart
i spent 3 weeks annotating it meticulously because i knew immediately when i started reading it that i would absolutely love it
the ending wraps up the book beautifully and i absolutely loved the first person point of view it just scratches my brain in the perfect way its used /perfectly/
i was shocked to find out it was written by a man after i finished, its an amazing book and i aplaud nat cassidy for doing such a wonderful job

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

mx_eyebrows's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a gory, horror masterpiece! This is a new favorite book for me, and possibly my favorite horror book of all. It’s disgusting and beautiful at the same time. Explores the horrors of the patriarchy and how women, especially older women, are treated. And it’s written by a man. Like, what? Heavy trigger warnings, so check those before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, and Sexual assault

minaopal's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Vomit, Misogyny, Mental illness, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Self harm, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

archaicrobin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Mary is about a sincerely weird middle aged woman with identity issues who returns to her verbally abusive aunt’s home in hopes of reliving her past and finding out who she is. Unfortunately, Mary is tied to the town in ways she never expected and is haunted not just by her past, but by actual malevolent spirits only she can see. 

This one is a gory, weird, humorous, and empowering novel about how society views middle aged woman mixed with a violent twisted cult led by a misogynistic serial killer and kooky townspeople. 

Mary was hard for me to get into at first just because Mary herself it is not very likable to begin with and the story moves a little slowly. However, I stuck with it and I’m glad I did because once things start happening they don’t stop! I was very surprised by how much I enjoyed this one, and recommend it to anyone looking for a horror novel that’s disturbing and twisty but feminist and reflective.  Check content warnings for sure, this one is gory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Sexism, Animal death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Chronic illness, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gore