Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

75 reviews

tales_told_in_gold's review

adventurous challenging dark 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: Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Transphobia, and Rape

Moderate: Cursing, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Body horror, and Misogyny

Minor: Eating disorder, Outing, and Racism

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

TERFs hate this book because they’re transphobic and weak. I (they/them) hate this book because it’s bad. We are NOT the same. 😤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Medical content, Hate crime, Gore, Dysphoria, Death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Antisemitism and Racism

lots f slurs dropped, right off the bat

empressnessa's review against another edition

I really loved the premise and writing style of this book and I’m really upset I couldn’t finish it, but I had to DNF because my stomach is too weak for all the gore and general grossness. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Medical content, Hate crime, Rape, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

goldilocks420's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual violence, Outing, Transphobia, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Grief, Death, Blood, Vomit, and Rape

Minor: Deadnaming

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This was a uniquely fascinating post-apocalyptic novel, especially to listen to. 

Often, post-apocalyptic novels are focused on survival but not on those whose survival looks very different, and this book, with a trans author and a trans narrator, examined a world where trans people's experiences are dictated by a disease that targets testosterone and turns people into zombie-like monsters. Currently, we are facing a serious problem of TERFS (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) who target trans people simply for existing, at times violently, and this book wonders if how much worse they could get. 

Our characters are not always likable, and it is questionable how many main characters this book has, although I would generally say five. Plot-wise, at times, it felt like things were moving a bit too fast, and the plot never really settled. There are no breaks in this book beyond the sex scenes, which are important to the plot anyway; instead, the characters are constantly physically and mentally on the move, never stopping. 

My biggest criticism was related to the pacing and how the audiobook did the narration. I haven't seen a physical copy, so maybe it's like this in the book as well, but the internal monologue would shift narrators constantly, mid-chapter, without warning, and often shift locations in the same way, and it made it somewhat hard to listen to. The audiobook narrator also did accents for some but not all of the characters, so when she did them, it came as quite a shock. 

I really recommend this one but with heavy warnings for brutality, violence, sexual violence, external and internal transphobia, and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Transphobia, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Outing, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, and Physical abuse

noonanjohnc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

aswarmofbees's review

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

pierettee's review against another edition

so confusing. concept was great! but it felt like it was going nowhere. why do these characters want to live? why am i almost 100 pages in with no explanation about how this post apocalyptic world turned out to be? i really tried…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Cannibalism

alienguy's review against another edition

the author's barely disguised fetishes just felt gross. none of the story elements were playing well together. i think all horror should be tempered with comedy, but this just felt like trauma porn with a few badly timed, disturbing jokes. 

i think all stories about trans people are important. i'll fiercely defend this book's existence, but it's absolutely not for me, lmfao 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cannibalism, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Fatphobia, Ableism, Gore, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

cloulesss's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Dysphoria, Violence, Medical trauma, Gore, War, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Transphobia, Gun violence, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Genocide, Death, Deadnaming, and Blood