Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

19 reviews

rensreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

by chapter 2, i was seriously considering DNFing this book but i carried on because the synopsis promised me a love interest that hadn’t been introduced yet and i wanted a glimpse of him before i DNFed.

i’m so glad i waited for him. he carried this novel on his back, his poor shoulders must be breaking under the strain of all that success. kallias is my everything. he was the only reason i started liking alessandra. and by the time he learns of what she did to her first lover (though his age is never brought up, i’m still of the opinion that hektor groomed her) then laughs about it, i realized they really deserved each other.

(in reality, i started liking alessandra when she schemed her friend out of a marriage he would have hated and solved her own problem of unwanted suitors with it. how could i not adore a girlboss?)

the political intrigue and the plot were absolutely marvelous. i started suspecting the assassin by the time that he confessed to alessandra while kallias was listening. i kept wondering why alessandra didn’t see it until it was almost too late but i am glad that his sexism was what caused his demise. a man like him truly assumed that alessandra was nothing less than a noblewoman newly scorned by her ex-lover. what a mistake!

kallias was down bad for alessandra and i loved that fact by the end too lol definitely a 5 stars read for me (:

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Alcohol

Minor: Classism, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Slut shaming happens a lot as well.

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

i enjoyed this. its definitely YA and definitely romance. the plot twist could have been better hinted at but i liked that none of the characters were good people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexism, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, and Murder

ayeshafira's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

meliroo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Sexism

dadimabookernow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Wow, I want ther to be more. I just loved the world building and the characters. It's definitely going to be hard to say bye to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

aus_1521's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, and Colonisation

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, War, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Child death, and Child abuse

camillou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

A fast read, that mixes fantasy, romance and mystery in an entertaining way.
It lacked of world building for me, and the story was not quite as dark as I thought it would be, but I really enjoyed following the characters' adventures, as well as seeing everything unfolding.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Misogyny

wilhelmena's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this so much! It was beautiful and intense and funny! It empowered women on a level that wasn’t fighting and being masculine  it was being divine feminine energy and knowing that it was that!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism and Violence