Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

86 reviews

skelleybean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

3.75

This book was so dark and raw, and I loved it all… until it tripped at the finish line and kind of turned into an after school special.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

michaelttay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The pacing in the book was sometimes odd and the battle moments needed more energy but I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Blood

manicpixiedreaming's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

didn't like the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

ladydianna1600's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

This book started out rather slow for me, and to be honest, if I were not listening to an audiobook, I would have DNF'd it.  As it were, sometimes when I started the audiobook up again after the previous day, I thought maybe I missed part of it but then I rewound and realized I hadn't.  I just wasn't that interested in remembering what happened. The plot picked up, however, about half way through, and I was more invested.  It was an overall enjoyable read but not sure I was really invested in any of the characters other than HATING the prophet, but that is because that character reminds me so much of religious leaders in our "church" who I grew up with.  I haven't decided if I will read the second book yet.  I have so many other things on my TBR to get through first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault

rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

I cannot recommend this book highly enough! It subverted so many of my expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Child abuse

lady_of_the_labyrinth's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

I listened to this on Audible in the span of a single day. I couldn’t stop listening, I was completely sucked into the story. I’ve heard this described as Salem witch trials meets Handmaiden’s Tale and I’d say that’s pretty accurate. 

This might not be for everyone, it’s not a fast paced book but I savor slow burns like this. The slow, creeping dread that this book builds is masterful. I can’t believe this was a debut with how well executed everything was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Death, and Religious bigotry

gogotheque's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book and it had few emotional tearful moments but the ending sort of lacked something. Technically there was a grand finale but it wasn't enough for me. I guess I expected more? It was very proper typical plot..nothing too exciting but still enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Torture

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

Minor: Racism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Classism, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

cmbohn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Really dark and gripping story. Once I got into this, I couldn't wait to see what happened next. I was not prepared! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

mollyobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Alexis Henderson may be one of my new favorite authors. Her writing is immersive and atmospheric. Her world-building is lovely - it leaves the reader informed but wanting for more details (different book but I would love to know more about the world of House of Hunger). She also deftly handles tough topics like sexism, classism, racism, religious trauma, etc. I can’t wait for whatever she writes next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

This didn’t really have a tag but there is a relatively graphic scene where a young girl dies in childbirth. The book also starts with a scene where a young girl dies in childbirth but it is not graphic.