Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

In Flammen by Megha Majumdar

8 reviews

laurenw's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, and Excrement

rickieskidmore's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Misogyny, Murder, Islamophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Transphobia

there is a very descriptive scene of a whole family being murdered. it does add a lot to the plot but I felt squeamish afterwards

muravyevaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

For some chapters I listened to an audiobook and it helped a lot to get through this book. That being said, I liked the story as it is very true to most of developing countries – the state that finds enemies in the poorest and least protected, corruption, non-existent legal system, surviving by sacrificing the ones you believe to be decent people. This book is important not only as a literary work, but also as still a rare example of a non-American/European voice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Death, Murder, Rape, Transphobia, and Confinement

Minor: Misogyny

emsavors's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

I want to be mad about the ending, but I also feel like I can’t be mad about the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

closelywatchedfilms's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

kikicochrane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Transphobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

horrorbound's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Death, Excrement, Grief, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to like this book more. It's timely, it's got multiple voices, and it's the kind of thing where the harshness of real life it literature-ified just enough to get you to think about it without being exhausted. But there just isn't enough character development. The book sort of sits on the surface of the topic. Why is it getting all the awards and notice this year? I think because for many people the portrait of India it paints was new to them in this years news. For me though, it just wasn't enough. Not a bad read, but not special either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism