Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

29 reviews

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

davisota2018's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

zombei_coffei's review against another edition

I didn't like any of the characters,  was frustrated that the key event for everything (the upload to the broader internet)going wrong hasn't happened, the multiple paragraphs about nipples, and oh, the fact I felt more for the witch than I didn't the town. Also, the scene with Jaiden and the exacto knife stick already left a gross taste in my mouth when Fletcher got killed. Not to mention the SA scene, the nipple obsession, the misogyny,  racism, etc, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual assault

ifeanart's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Suicide attempt

lozziejhall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

mysimas's review against another edition

Made it half way through… The idea of the witch all chained up, with her eyes and mouth sewn shut just randomly haunting the town was interesting and unsettling, and the way the townies tried to live normal lives around her and camouflaged her from visitors made for my favourite take-away from the whole story.

But the writing style, the characters, the misogyny all put me off. This is one of those books that’s written a little like watching a movie: the action is described but there’s no additional value to the text. The character work didn’t go deep either, and especially the ‘police’ guy came off annoying and incompetent. I skimmed ahead to see how it ends and feel no need to stick around for the rest of the journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

ggcd1981's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

Male Gaze

karmandala's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Torture

aparker89's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a solid book! A fascinating story full of terror, love, heartbreak and most importantly- the evil of mankind! 
Good f&cking book! Definitely not for the faint of heart but damn- my heart hurts after reading this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ravensalwaysreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

Up until the last chapter every character made me think "wow, you can really tell this was written in 2012 by a guy- the bigotry did not age well" and then the ending happened and made everything make sense and I was so pleased while simultaneously being horrified. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail