Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

37 reviews

beiiadonna's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, War, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

shewritesinmargins's review

dark funny slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: War, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and Racism

sephisticated's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, War, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

jeremie's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia and Racism

drewbutler's review

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? Yes

4.0

Years later I finally got around to a re-read. It’s still quite funny, but is much sadder and deeper than I remember. This is a book about the military, but it’s also about bureaucracy, morality, fear, violence, religion, alienation and meaning. There’s such a blend of characters here that are often archetypal in the way they act and behave, all while Yossarian tries to understand what to do about it all. Yes, this is an absurd book that derives it’s humor from the ridiculousness of its situations; I think it’s also grappling with the feeling of barreling towards death with a bunch of meaningless, nonsensical tasks in between. There’s a lot of different attitudes you could take if you happened to feel this way, and we see most of them in the various characters in this book.

One very significant mark against this book is how misogynistic it is. Women are not depicted in any kind of honorable or humanizing light, nor are they ever really given even the most cursory of developments beyond their physical appearance. It’s very sad and doesn’t stand the test of time, to say the very least. 

Despite its significant flaws, this is a book with a lot of heart and a lot to say. If you can look past it’s glaring missteps, it’s well worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and War

haleyd's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Excrement, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Vomit

A sometimes humorous, sometimes depressing classic full of paradoxes and contradictions that only prove themselves true, this take on WWII was a bit difficult for me to get through. Once I knew the writing style was to intentionally include these opposites, I became bored and would fall asleep after a few pages. It went more quickly toward the end, but then it was just so sad in some of the final pages, it was that what became the challenge for me. I'm reading this as part of a goal to get through several lists of "banned books" I've found. While I don't think any books should be truly banned, this one made me think several times, "Eek. This is part of the reason this was banned." Most of that is because it is so repulsive and very graphic. But also, things were quite different when this book was written which is evidenced by some of the behaviors wherein described. It could possibly be argued that children's minds are too vulnerable, but I would personally argue that I'd be confident letting my own teenage child read this, knowing that I've raised her well. However, I would definitely warn her that she likely wouldn't want to.

themadbloodstone's review

Struggled

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

atorno's review

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, War, Xenophobia, Transphobia, and Homophobia

impeachnixon's review

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, War, Violence, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

Minor: Antisemitism

techigeekchic's review

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Rape, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide