Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

30 reviews

our_lady_of_perpetual_bad_luck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Outing, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, War, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Transphobia, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Body shaming, Classism, Drug use, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Animal death, Cancer, Deadnaming, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Kidnapping

jebowman123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.75

I almost seemed to lose interest right when the plot started to unravel. There’s just a bit too much going on in the end there. It feels over complicated for no good reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Gore, Classism, Fatphobia, and Cannibalism

vixenreader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Despite some lagging in the plot, the characterization and world-building is phenomenal, and the exploration of gender politics and transphobia is nuanced and unabashed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Trafficking, Sexual content, Genocide, Infidelity, Outing, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Blood, Death, Violence, Classism, Gore, Misogyny, Alcohol, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Animal death, Body shaming, Addiction, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Addiction, Infertility, Abandonment, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

The transphobia is intense, and mainly comes from cis-women. Cis-men are now feral, so there is a fair amount of castration.

crimsonreadlips's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Gore, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Racism, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Cursing, Classism, Child death, Dysphoria, and Death

solenodon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Death, Confinement, Classism, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming and Infertility

katipheria's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I had a love/hate relationship with this book. The general premise of the world-building is fantastic and unique, and as much as I hate to say it, were it to become our own reality I'm sure that the world would ultimately align itself in a similar fashion

in that cis women would be more likely to fall into a TERF or at least TERF-adjacent stance, if only due to the uncertainty and fear. Even those who consider themselves to be the best possible ally are still at risk simply due to the drive for self-preservation.

It's a terrifying situation and highlights a lot of ugly truths in reality.

However, the actual story within this world just doesn't do it for me. There's a lot of unnecessary sex scenes and as someone who prefers to avoid an excess amount of that (regardless of sex/gender of participants), I found myself skimming a lot to get back to the actual plot and feeling disappointed. While I understand that an apocalyptic setting inspires depravity and these moments highlight an innate desire for comfort and companionship,

the MC Fran's general poor treatment and better-than-you attitude towards her supposed friends makes things even more unappealing.

While it's not necessarily a horrible book, it is most definitely designed to be an uncomfortable read centered around characters who don't have many redeeming qualities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Biphobia, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Sexual violence, Ableism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

__katdoesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This was one of the best books I have read in a while and cannot recommend it enough! It was reminiscent of Moths by Jane Hennigan, but substantially darker. The issues tackled in the book are even more heartbreaking as, although set in a dystopian setting, they are real and current dangers. Your attachment and love for the characters just grows with every page, and it left me emotionally devastated. A true modern horror classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Genocide, Transphobia, Body horror, Classism, Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual violence

sydneynorman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Classism, Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body horror, Sexism, War, Outing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Self harm

Minor: Deadnaming

arrr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow this book is a trip! If you're mad at toxic cis men and terfs, then this book is super cathartic. If you're trans and fragile, then be warned that there is a lot of trauma here. Like. So. Much. Trauma. Queer zombie apocalypse tho, very early 2000s vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Transphobia, Slavery, Medical content, Gore, Death, Vomit, Violence, Self harm, Excrement, Death of parent, Classism, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, Chronic illness, Child death, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Confinement, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Bullying, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Body horror, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Torture, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Dysphoria, Cursing, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Transphobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Infertility, Medical content, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Slavery, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infertility, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Confinement, and Lesbophobia