Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

29 reviews

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Outing

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Mass/school shootings

cammiem8's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I don’t like multiple POVs and figured out the whodunnit aspect about a third of the way in, but it was interesting enough to hold my attention to the end of the book. I don’t feel the need to read the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny and Addiction

Minor: Car accident and Cancer

emilysreadingbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Self harm, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident

mair_'s review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Outing

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Misogyny

afnaan's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident

morganperks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Racism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Mass/school shootings

gaylien420's review against another edition

mysterious

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

Oh boy, this was a quick, but dissappointing read. The way mental illness and suicide is handled in this book is beyond bad. Take almost everything problematic from "13 reasons why" and mix it with a breakfast club type cast and you got this book. Sad to see that authors still handle triggering topics like suicide in such awful, careless ways. Extremely graphic and triggering. On top of that, the ending and reveal were rather unsatisfying.
2.5 stars and those are purely for my love for Nate's character. 

Here's my entire list of content warnings:
- sexism, slut-shaming, bullying, homophobia
- drugs, addiction 
- discussions of cancer
- suicide discussed (detailed), extremely triggering; ableism, saneism, demonizing mental illnesses
- parental neglect
- possible misgendering
- school shootings discussed 
- controlling boyfriends
- forced coming out as LGBTQ+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

ioanaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Cursing

alicialoebl's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good twists and turns! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts