Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

20 reviews

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

talsbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Cancer, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

maddiet425's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Cancer, Car accident, and Pregnancy

llauterj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

holy … i don’t have WORDS! kristin hannah knows how to do it. this was such an intense read. the connection leni had with her mom was so beautiful. the time jumps were perfectly timed. lots of crazy moments i was on the edge of my seat. i laughed i cried etc …. fuck ERNT! all of the alaskan characters were so loveable and the 70s time period post vietnam was so chaotic i learned a lot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Absolutely phenomenal. First Kristin Hannah read and I will for sure be reading more if they're as well done as this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: War and Cancer

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

iamahmedkhalifa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Minor: Misogyny

theleppy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

What I liked: The descriptions of Alaska.

What I didn't like:

The characters:  I liked a grand total of 2 characters in this book. Thelma who maybe has 4 lines in the whole book but she delivered the only satisfying moment: Telling Ernt he's fucking insane and telling him she wants nothing to do with him. (I cheered!) and Large Marge because she also kept pointing out how shitty Ernt is. Large Marge's sole purpose in the book seems to be to bail out Leni and Cora though.
Speaking of Leni, our main character: I didn't really feel attached to her and by the 2nd half of the book when she was 18 I was just annoyed with her terrible decisions. I felt like she was constantly being bailed out by others. She had potential to grow and be tough but instead it's Large Marge bailing her out or Matthew or Matthew's dad and then her grandparents. In the first part of the book they repeat the "you only make 1 mistake in Alaska because the 2nd one will kill you" and yet she completely loses her head over her boyfriend and does stupid thing after stupid thing with no consequence to her self except stupidly getting pregnant.

Plot:

I guessed immediately (within the first 30pages) that Leni and/or Cora was going to kill Ernt. It was so obvious I kept hoping it wouldn't happen or if it did that it would be premeditated because doing it to protect one another during a violent beating was TOO OBVIOUS. Then it happens exactly as expected and I rolled my eyes and groaned. I'm really annoyed to with how 2 characters imply multiple times that they could easily make Ernt "disappear" with no consequence but that doesn't happen. Instead it's Cora and Leni super suspiciously running off and assuming fake identities. 

The painfully predictable Romeo and Juliet romance plot I guessed would happen the moment Matthew was introduced had me so *mad*. Leni questions things at 14 about her parents and love and that felt like it comes to nothing because she chucks all reason out the window for Matthew.  Break the freaking cycle! I thought this would be a book of home and environmental dangers that forges a girl into a tough woman who breaks the family trauma cycle and survived to be tough and happy. Instead it was just what? trauma and drama for nothing. She gets knocked up the first time she has sex with her boyfriend days before they will be off at college together because the book needed to be as melodramatic as possible BUT WAIT IT GETS WORSE! They run away into a super dangerous area and uuugg it unfolds exactly as you think it will...

I'm also frustrated because her dad Ernt is a former POW and has severe PTSD and it is used as a huge excuse for his deplorable behavior and there needed to be a contrast to show that his deplorable behavior isn't what happens to all people with that past. Ernt was a freaking terrible person before the war anyway He got a 16 year old Cora pregnant when he was 25 and manipulated her away from her parents, married her and then chose to go to war and leave them (the book explicitly states he SIGNED UP). I have no sympathy for him. He would have still been a jealous alcoholic who beats his wife and daughter regardless of his POW past and PTSD.

How is this book considered historical? Aside from Ernt being a veteran of Vietnam and a brief mention of stereotypical 70s clothing I feel like the time period it takes place in had no importance to the plot. It's not like it being the 70s was a reason for Cora not divorcing Ernt because divorce happened then and besides another character is divorced in the novel. So why is this considered historical?

Oh and I was livid with the trash that happens at the end with her mom dying of cancer and writing and notarizing a freaking murder confession only for that to not actually bail Leni out because again Leni makes a stupid decision and even that ends up not mattering because surprise surprise she gets bailed out *again* (for like the 5th or 6th time) by Matthew's rich dad. What was the point? to get Leni and a now crippled Matthew together? She could of just called, she has a good reason like you know their child she kept from him for years.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting and Fatphobia

painausten314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

lecheeese's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

A girl/woman's look into the scenic wilderness of Alaska -- good and bad. The cruelty and viciousness of nature is reflected in her father who suffers from PTSD after the war.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism and Misogyny

dernhelms_bag's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gore, Addiction, Misogyny, and Cancer