Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson

5 reviews

skylercauldron's review against another edition

Antisemitism, resounding cliches, and bad vibes. I read some of the reviews for this book to see if I was just seeing things but many reviewers warned of Islamaphobia, continued ignorance towards Rabbis, and the on-page gang rape of the ONLY LESBIAN PROTAG. I'm not reading that shit, I got too much life to live. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Genocide, Trafficking, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, and Sexism

stephanieanneauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

It's a shame that I read this so soon after reading The Strain Trilogy as I couldn't help but compare the two stories. Then again, the market is oversaturated with tales of vampirism, so it's hard not to compare and contrast. The vampires from Midnight Mass even compare themselves to those from Anne Rice's novels!

Although I preferred The Strain, I did enjoy Midnight Mass. At times, I worried it was getting to be a bit too religious for my liking, but I did appreciate the philosophical debates that came from the continued analysis of religion in a vampire-run world. That being said, some of those debates and discussions left a lot of unanswered questions in terms of the lore of this world. And although I found Part One to be just okay, I found that things really picked up and got interesting in Part Two. Given how the story ends, I wouldn't even mind reading a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism

audioaxolotl's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A good old-fashioned horror book in the Stephen King vein. Fun schlocky plot, likeable characters and a genuinely tense plot. I removed a star, however, for the book's depiction of women. Like King, Wilson has trouble writing women realistically. I lost count of the number of times women's nipples were mentioned. The main male character is stripped of his clothes at one point, but male nudity is never objectified in the same way. He has 2 great female characters, but they're often reduced down to their body parts and there's a gang rape (which isn't dwelt on in much detail fortunately) that the female character it happens to largely brushes off- no trauma here folks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Antisemitism, Body horror, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

lin3han's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I listened to this on Audible. The narrator was FANTASTIC- one of the best I’ve heard. The book, however, is a different story. 

I read this because I loved the show. It is literally NOTHING like it so don’t even bother to give it a try
The first part was great- the plot & characters kept me going. Super heavy on Catholicism, but had an amazing Rabbi character. The second half felt like it was an excuse to be misogynistic, homophobic, xenophobic, and when they got to New York City it became  SUPER islamophobic. There’s also a graphic gangr*pe not imperative to the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Body horror, Child death, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Gore, Rape, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, War, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Gangrape

ghouligan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence