Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

3 reviews

maeverose's review

This was my first attempt at a thriller, I only picked it for the cover tbh. I’d suggest skipping it.

The first third was somewhat interesting, but then it derailed for me. There are too many characters and povs, some of which seemed to have been thrown in unnecessarily. I also really don’t like to read about stalkers so it got a bit triggering for me. I looked up how it ends and it wouldn’t have been worth it to keep reading.

It also really felt like it was going to have a ‘childhood trauma and mental illness makes you homicidal or a stalker’ Kind of take, as the two antagonists seemed to be the only characters in the entire book with mental illness issues (besides Hannah’s mom, who was also just a shitty person). This came out last year. We’re done with that trope. That should never have been a trope to begin with.

Thankfully I got this for free at a little free library so I didn’t waste my money.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Child death, Ableism, Blood, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Self harm

Minor: Misogyny

abookandaspotoftea's review

dark reflective tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Infertility, Mental illness, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Rape, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Abortion, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

This was fine. There was way too many POVs and some of them were completely unnecessary. This has mostly all unlikable characters so if you need to like the characters this one isn’t for you. I honestly know where this was going because it was obvious to me at least. It was entertaining enough and it want horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Classism, Pedophilia, Suicide, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault