Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

52 reviews

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

drunk_cowgirl's review against another edition

slow-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? No

0.5

This is honestly the worst book i've read in years. I'm a horror fan, misandrist and queer so i thought this would hit all the marks for me but it didn't hit any. this might be the most brutal review i'll ever post but this author should not write anymore books. the writing style is horrible. it honestly reminds me of a middle schooler. i can usually look past horrible writing if the story is good but the story was clumsy and all over the place. the dual pov of the two main characters was so confusing and clumsy and then midway through the book, the author added MORE povs. it became atrocious to read. and none of them really are aligned with each other well enough to care or exciting enough to wanna get back to the other persons POV. again, the writing is just horrible. there's em dashes where there should be periods and commas missing and constant run on sentences. it also really irked me that the author kept writing "the other girl" when referring to a different character. it was enough to drive me mad because it was so repetitive and just showed how awful the writing was. 

oh but my absolute LEAST favorite part of the book was the fact that the author made all the characters talk the same! there was literally no difference in their speech. everyone had the same exact rough, dry, short talking style. it made it insanely hard to follow who was saying what. none of the characters felt well rounded and i just found myself constantly confused trying to follow who we were even reading about and bored. 

there's also tons of smut which would be fine if the rest of the book was good but it wasn't. the author put more effort and creativeness in the smut scenes than in any other part of the book combined. 

this book just read so whinny and honestly very misogynistic. support trans authors and trans stories but this book is just garbage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Transphobia, and Murder

relly621's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

palaris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

2.75

This was a lot more sexual than I thought it was gonna be. It wasn't a bad book. But It was honestly really hard to follow at times. The writer used a lot of really flowery laungage at times and it made it hard to follow along with that was happening. The ending was a really good example of this, it was so hard to follow, nothing seemed clear to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Murder, and War

weatherd's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

ciaranolio's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-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

5.0

Post-apocalyptic hyper-gory trans horror, about a future where a virus has turned all humans with a certain level of testosterone into monsters. Incredible character writing, especially enjoyed the two trans female pov characters and their views on trans womanhood in their TERF-ruled dystopia in which maleness is actually the ultimate mark of violence. Absolutely not for the faint of heart
TWS: extreme violence, rape & sexual violence (on-page), misogyny, violent transphobia, racism (including lynching), body horror, fascism, frequent and detailed discussions of body image, eating disorders, medical trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cannibalism

birbmcbirb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

This book made me very uncomfortable, and goes at a pace that makes you feel like you can't catch you  breath. The characters were flawed, sometimes to an annoying extent, but in a way that mimicks a found family of traumitized people. I think it's worth sticking through the hard parts, but make sure youre in a good head space before you pick this one up. Especially if youre someone targeted by TERFS & SWERFS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Incest, Racism, Stalking, and Cultural appropriation

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

twilightfan420's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

4.0

This novel perfectly balanced visceral horror with wit. It took me a while to get through because some parts were just so heavy and familiar; even though it’s set in an apocalyptic dystopia, the homophobic/transphobic rhetoric seemed a little too close to home. I loved the characters and the world building, and I’m always partial to a horror set on New England. Really loved this one and wasn’t expecting to be as moved by it as I was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Outing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

Minor: Deadnaming