Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

9 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Presents itself as a book about the inner turmoil of being the center of a love triangle, but really it's about the horrors of the American "justice" system and what American prison does to not just a person but the people they love.

I got emotional twice. Twice!!! That's a great feat. That really doesn't happen often. What beautiful writing too. There were several moments I had to gasp, pause the audiobook, pull back the book, and reread the line. My goodness. Wow. The ending lost me a little bit that's why it's not a 4.75 rating but still. Wow!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, Classism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Self harm

Minor: Homophobia

ashareads's review

adventurous reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Hate crime, Misogyny, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Confinement, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

brisha's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual content, Cursing, Rape, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Police brutality, Sexism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

marena02's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Rape, Misogyny, Racism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-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

5.0

This gripped me right from the beginning and I haven’t had a book cause such strong emotions in me for a while. 

The writing is phenomenal, the characters have depth, and the plot just never lets up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death, and Abortion

Minor: Sexual content, Cancer, and Terminal illness

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

Heartbreaking novel of a marriage. It was a very slow story that I couldn’t get into when reading a physical copy so I switched to audio. I enjoyed the switching POVs and the storytelling via letters in the first half.

I didn’t like Celestial or Roy, they both have good points but also both make awful decisions. By the end I hated them both

especially after Roy kept begging Celestial for sex after getting out, making excuses to not use protection. THEN HE WANTS CREDIT FOR NOT RAPING HER?! They’re both awful people.

. I understand it’s difficult circumstances and it may be more realistic but it made the book less enjoyable for me personally when I don’t like either person. Plus neither of them had much development it seemed.

The book started out well but the second half was boring and with some of the actions of Roy and Celestial, I kind of wished I DNFd. It was an okay book with a good premise but didn’t enjoy the execution as much as I expected to.

TW/CW: rape, abortion, cancer (brief mention), death of parent, grief, incarceration, sexual content, infidelity, dubious consent/coercion, racism, violence, misogyny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

kcarney86's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Abortion

Minor: Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Sexism

readwithchar's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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: Racism, Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape and Misogyny

isabeldotml's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Rape