Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

43 reviews

paige_hollingsworth99's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Fantastic. Delightful. Not as scary as expect but! We love queer revenge. This was very heavy for me, but I thought the ending delivered.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

thehal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death and Sexual assault

rachelgreenreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

I didn’t know I had a southern gothic trans horror romance hole in my heart until this book filled it. I think I could read this book a hundred times and not get sick of it. 

The prose was lush and poetic, while still feeling grounded and deeply personal. The social horror was impeccable. Mandelo uses parallel themes of one person poisoning a whole community: the villain believes such of our main character, that his queerness will spread sin and evil through the holler. While in reality and alongside this narrative, the pastor, relatively new to town, has poisoned the community with his hatred and suspicion. A community that was once “a decent place as any for a child to be strange.”

Mandelo also captures the intense and unique way in which queer people find and support each other, and the many small and large resistances we’ve embodied throughout history. 

If you support trans rights, and also trans wrongs, I highly recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ash_36's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Abortion

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is really great. There's queer and trans monster sex and the death of a bigoted piece of shit preacher. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

fran's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse and Abortion

meagan123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Medical content, and Abortion

Minor: Sexual violence

justacowboy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

What a good time ... The book starts off slow, but I think the pay off of it all it worth it. If you can get through the first 50 some pages, then the rest of the story flies by! Also, it has trans-queer monster fucking so what's not to love?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Abortion, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

chantaal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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: Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

sammy357's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion