Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown

2 reviews

daishaspencer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the most gut wrenching and horrific stories I’ve read. I found myself moved to tears many times placing myself as a young woman in the shoes of Sarah and her companions. The author wrote beautifully of the scenery in which the party found themselves, I could clearly see places I’ve never been (though I had to reference google maps a handful of times). This story is not without bias from the author, but no narrative non-fiction truly can be. This book has left me with a lasting impression of a story which I knew little about before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Murder, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Racism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

lelyreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: War, Confinement, Genocide, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Pregnancy