Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Black Widows by Cate Quinn

4 reviews

librarianjennifer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Incest, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Sexism

strawberrypupcake's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Murder mystery plus religion and you get this crazy book that has parts of the plot loosely based on Warren Jeffs’ and the LDS in Utah. This book is creepy. It is interesting. It had lots of twists and turns. The killer isn’t who you might think. I really enjoyed this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

gm3116's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Body horror, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Child death, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Sexual content