Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

65 reviews

mcreasman's review

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I loved this book! I’m a big fan of the best friends trying to break up their other friend and their terrible boyfriend trope and also the estranged sister coming home trope!!!! AND A ONE BED TROPE!!!!! Queer representation everywhere 🫶🫶 read this. Seriously. Right now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Cancer

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Grief

grets_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Misogyny

lexnicole's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual content

marena02's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Cursing, and Alcohol

booksngrannies's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, and Grief

tallandblonde's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

hrtlss_grl's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

OK. So I liked this one more than I thought I would for about the first 40% of the book. At one point I almost DNF'd it, but kept going because it was so well written. For most of the book Astrid comes off as this mean girl, and her friends her little clique. Which makes sense, but it just made me want to pull my hair out because I can't stand books where it is a bully-romance. But eventually it gets better, fleshes out the characters more and actually makes it feel like it works. Next one is a sort of Taming of the Shrew sort of thing, so hopefully it can redeem Astrid for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

wilybooklover's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

Such a fun, heartfelt queer romcom! 

One of the things I enjoyed most about this book was how complex and nuanced the characters were. They felt like real, complicated people with real, complicated pasts. Even the side characters had complexity, especially Claire's daughter Ruby who is one of the most realistic child characters I've ever read. I found Delilah particularly relatable, in all of her spiky, petty glory. Claire was so lovely too, just a sweet woman trying to do the best for everyone and struggling with parenting. I loved how tender and vulnerable Claire and Delilah were with each other, even when they thought it was just temporary and casual. Surprisingly steamy for a romcom too, especially a sapphic one.

It was also interesting to see Delilah reexamine her memories of the past and realise they may just be a bit unreliable, that she and Astrid were just stuck in a loop of miscommunication and hurt feelings. I thought it was done really well (aside from the part where Delilah reads Astrid's diary — that felt like such a violation of her privacy).

There were a couple of things that bothered me — the diary reading,  how much of the plot of this sapphic romance ultimately centred around a cishet man and a really terrible (borderline caricature-ish) one at that, the whole bet situation. But ultimately this was such a fantastic romance! Reminded me a lot of Book Lovers by Emily Henry with the small-town bookshop/sisters-at-odds vibes, but executed way better (in my opinion). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Cancer, Violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

kegila's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Infidelity