Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

62 reviews

popatschi's review against another edition

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Rape, Homophobia, and Misogyny

amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

Toxic as fuck, mysogonistic as fuck, Creepy as fuck. Protagonistin ist wahnsinnig unsympatisch. Mit 14-16 hätte mir das Buch warscheinlich sehr getaugt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Alcohol

courteez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It really dug into the nitty-gritty aspects of high school, the need to fit in and the horrid expectations we set on each other and on ourselves. I liked that Ryen wasn’t some loveable, innocent female character that most books will proceed with as most people aren’t angels we perceive them to be. I also approved of the way Misha was written, his personality truly shown through the book words making it easy to picture the person he is. The same with Ryen and being able to see her in both her ‘façade’ and the true person she is.

I’ll admit it’s a little slow at the start, and some things said are a little vulgar but it does pull you in.

The absolute revelation at the end that we find out absolutely stunned me.

This book made me emotions go from curiosity, happiness, sadness to angry in many ways.. I connected with the words written on the page and that’s what I truly love when it comes to reading. If I can’t connect to the words written, then what’s the purpose?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

elsa_clare's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Self harm, Infidelity, Violence, Death of parent, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content

ye_li's review against another edition

This book had me fucking seething. I literally could not finish it, I was that fucking angry. I did end up skimming through to the end, and… like, holy shit? This book is fucking horrible??

To start with, almost every single fucking character was so 2D. A whiny, pathetic female lead that's "not like other girls" and a brooding male lead that's "tall, dark, and handsome." Every other female character was a mean girl stereotype, while every other male character was some douchy jock—with the exception of Ten and Manny. So, correction, every other male character was either a douchy jock of some flavor of queer stereotyping.

There was so much unnecessary homophobia with no relevance to the story, whatsoever. By the way, it's not directed at the main characters. I'll address that first because it bothered me so fucking much.

To start, there's this one part where Misha's truck was vandalized with white paint. Someone had written f@gg0t on the front. Most of the homophobia happens toward a minor character named Manny Cortez. Manny is used as a punching bag, just to make the main characters look better. Why is there so much homophobia thrown around with no relevant fucking reason? It's not adding anything to the story… Seriously, I was so fucking pissed off. Ryen only ever thinks about herself. Like, what? How can you be so self-centered?

It was so fucking uncomfortable.

I just could not stand Ryen. I found her so fucking pathetic and annoying. Like, c'mon, grow a fucking spine why don't you? Oh, boo-hoo, you didn't wanna go to prom alone, so you still tried to get with the misogynistic and homophobic asshole. Seriously? I gave up on trying to like her when she still put up with Trey, even after all his fucking bullshit. But, oh, she was still kind to so-and-so! Right, after she stood by and watched them have the shit beat out of them. No, she just didn't want to become a victim! She was trying to keep herself safe! And that's what's so fucking pathetic about her. She doesn't change by the end of the book, either… she still cares about appearances and shit.

I know most people hate Misha more, but I liked him more out of the two of them. Misha was more, I don't know, competent? He was still a prick, but at least he didn't try to cover it up, you know?

Oh, but, the whole thing with the principal, Trey's step-mom, actually being Misha's biological mother? Just fuck off. What a stupid fucking plot twist.

God, this book just made me so god damn uncomfortable and annoyed me to no end.

You could argue that, oh, they're not supposed to be likable! They're meant to be flawed, they're meant to be making bad decisions—blah, blah, blah. OK, fine, but there needs to be something likable about the main characters. Especially when the readers are clearly meant to empathize with them!!

I'm surprised I managed to read so much of this godawful thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

aimeeanastasia's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

kajasversion's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.0

The characters are so unlikable and it genuinely felt like torture to read through all that smut. It ruined the whole book cuz of the circumstances surrounding it. Misha is so so toxic and i genuinely can’t see how she forgave him. He was a jerk for no good reason… it was justifiable but only if he would ignore her not the lengths that he went to. This book is equivalent to a shitty wattpad fanfic. I will give this book away. There’s no way I’m gonna own this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, and Drug use

alireads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Sexual harassment

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I really like the lesson this book teaches about how not to treat other people in the world. I think so often we don’t realize how much influence the popular kids in school have on kids, even at an early age. We forget what it’s like to be a teenager and feel embarrassed because we’re different, but this book reminded me of those feelings, which were a little hard to revisit. There are also some trigger warnings, particularly related to sexual violence. Finally, some people don’t like this book because the characters have sex and they’re teenagers but all the sex that is described is between 18 year old characters, which is technically between adults. Additionally, I don’t know that I’m terribly put off by sex between teenagers because I know that’s real-life. There were some things I thought were repetitive in the book and some inconsistencies in the plot line. Also, I really wondered why Misha always had a condom at the ready, no matter what he was doing. That was weird. But all in all, I enjoyed reading this book and will read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcohol, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship