Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

16 reviews

ghostlyprince'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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Misogyny, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

sarah984's review

dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

This book has a beautiful cover and an interesting premise, but the way it's written is just. Bad. Everything is over-described but using the same few words (I hope you like the word fetid if you're going to read this), plot points happen over and over (Iris and Vivi break into a place belonging to Grey and find a secret of hers three times!), and the plot is predictable. The characters are flat and uninteresting: the sisters are described in the most boring way possible, breathless at their brittle, skinny, fragile whiteness, and the other major character reads like a parody of a British person. There's this weird sexual undertone to the girls’ powers that I couldn't stand. 

There's also a really stupid scene involving a character shooting a man with a shotgun while he's holding two women and somehow both women are unharmed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Vomit, Body horror, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

aliclare's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

risemini's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

this deserves more hype omg 1 of my favorite books ive read. the fact that 1 of the sisters is bi the other lesbian n the other straight what else could i ask for. n the brief complaints abt misogyny. n the mystery. n the adventures. giving me stranger things vibes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Violence

blindforest's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

this is simply exhausting to get through. usually i would be purple proses’ #1 defender, but even i can’t justify the fact that it is all the book has. every sentence is unnecessarily embellished, everything reads and rhymes prettily (and reminds me a lot of the popular type of tumblr prose poetry back in the day, which definitely doesn’t help its case), but it doesn’t build towards anything - characters are bland and surface-level, none of the themes are explored in depth, the mystery has no substance or tension, the fantasy element is awkwardly interwoven throughout. if i have to read about how something or someone smells like death one more time i may have to take up drinking. added 1 star for the cover because it’s one of the prettiest i’ve seen this year and the artist deserves praise at least

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Sexual assault

wrenxavier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Stalking, and Toxic relationship