Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

13 reviews

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Blood

abegailev's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying and Classism

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gore, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Classism, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Cannibalism, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

loveat1stwrite's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, Death, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment

rebar351's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.0

All the trigger warnings for this book SA, violence against women, misogyny etc. 

But this was also extremely powerful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

irreverent_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic retelling of Medusa. Her myth is honored here. Despite some other reviews mentioning anachronistic wording, I didn’t find it bothersome. It is a YA novel, the main characters themselves being from a younger demographic. The era in which the story is told isn’t explicitly stated- making slight slang phrases fine. If you love Medusa, read this book. And all hail the Serpent Queen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, Bullying, Classism, and Confinement

booksatlunch's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

I am absolutely blown away by this. I expected to like it, but the reverence in which the story is treated and the delicacy in which sensitive topics are handled while still conveying righteous anger made this an absolute five stars for me. 

A beautiful story about the anger of women which just a touch of monster x slayer romance. The blending of Medusa's story with Indian mythology made for such an engrossing world. And while it feels like Medusa's story, this one does have a happier ending. 

This book is graphic. It's about as graphic as a YA can get and I highly recommend looking up content warnings for this book. There are numerous scenes that refence sexual assault, though the details are rarely (if ever) given when it comes to the assaults on women. There is some pretty real body horror and threats of sexual assaults on men that are given more thorough descriptions. 

I would not recommend it to every teen, but for the right people this will be a powerful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Cannibalism and Kidnapping

Minor: War

cbookaddiction's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, and Torture

_shari's review against another edition

dark reflective

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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