Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

So Happy for You by Celia Laskey

6 reviews

mandareads222's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Cursing, Kidnapping, Confinement, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Death of parent, Excrement, Violence, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Infidelity

audreyxine's review

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

The characters were so interesting and I found Robin to be incredibly relatable (I may be a walking red flag because of this though). I had so much fun reading this and flew through it super fast. I thought the social commentary was thoughtful and interesting, but didn't leave a lot of room for nuance. It's refreshing to hear commentary from a queer woman who clearly hates everyone. I wish the escalation was more dramatic and drawn out, and I think I definitely enjoyed the satirical elements more than the actual story.  'm not a huge fan of the ending.

it was annoying and absurd to see the friendship be redeemed and the character exposition was really over the top and on the nose. I wish Robin kept her angry gay insufferable bitchiness and for these women to rip each other apart.

Overall though, I really enjoyed this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

stacy837's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Medical content and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, and Vomit

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-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

This book was surprisingly good - it was a quick read and a fun, silly time which I could have loved even more if we'd gotten more character development and the psychological aspect of the story had been more prominent. I enjoyed the commentary on the wedding and marriage industry and often found Robin to be deeply relatable to my own experiences, but I also thought she had a lot of internalized sexism & misogyny which was perhaps not addressed as much as I would've liked it to. There's also many instances of cultural appropriation, especially regarding yoga and meditation that you would think would be at least acknowledged by Robin - this to me suggests that her brand of feminism is a very white feminism, especially given that race and class as factors that deeply interact with gender are not even mentioned once, despite feminist commentary being such a core part of the story and of Robin's character. So I wish the conversations that the book prompted had gone a little deeper and been more complex, but overall this was a fun, quick read that I needed on the day of a not-so-fun dental surgery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Homophobia, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

callisto_ursus's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion and Mass/school shootings

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Abortion

Minor: Vomit, Religious bigotry, Racism, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Infidelity