Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

19 reviews

enchantedgeek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Cursing, Torture, Body horror, Drug use, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Violence

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Animal death, Medical trauma, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Confinement, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Cursing

Minor: Stalking

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Torture, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Abandonment, Self harm, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Confinement, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Cursing, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Drug use

lizziaha's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

The sheer breadth of this book is very impressive. There are so many moving parts and ve schwab manages to weave them together so intricately. That being said, because there are so many moving parts, there are still some loose threads that I desperately want to pull. I’m not sure if there will ever be another book, but I want one!!!! Part of the reason that these books are so compelling is because they have a very Batman-villainesque feeling to them and there’s not really a hero to hang your hopes on, so you have to decide which of your morals you will set aside as you choose who to root for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Infidelity, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction

blackferrum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Actual rating: 3,8

Mixed feeling banget buku ini. Ada bagian-bagian yang menurutku pribadi epic, ada sebagian lainnya yang terkesan overshowing sampai penyelesaian masalahnya terkesan biasa aja.

Bagian paling epic (dan mungkin paling kuinget sampai sekarang) menurutku waktu Mitch nanya, "Sekarang apa?" hmmm, karena di buku pertama tujuan Vic jelas apa dan ending-nya juga udah tercapai. Bisa dibilang, Vic hidup buat tujuan itu. Sekarang, lima tahun kemudian, dia mau apa? Eli juga udah "kena". Terus aku mikir, ini buku mau dibawa ke mana, ya? Eli secara teknis udah nggak bisa ke mana-mana. Kalaupun dia nongol, nggak bisa lagi jadi star seperti buku satu.

Well, mungkin agak terlambat. Ini bukan spoiler, yaw. Karena di bukunya jelas banget ini seri, jadi harus baca buku pertama biar paham gimana-gimananya. Even blurb di buku kedua juga ada keterangan Vic kenapa dan Eli kenapa.

Oke, lanjut dulu. Banyak banget bagian yang aku tandai. Sampai satu warna nyisa satu lembar aja wkwkwk oke super enggak penting. Intinya, buku ini jelas sempet bikin otakku huru-hara. Kemunculan LB baru, kemunculan LB lama yang nggak kesorot di buku satu, dsb, dsb. Penulis bikin konflik baru buat Vic. Jadi, walaupun tujuan utamanya bukan Eli lagi, dia tetap punya tujuan di buku kedua ini. Kasihan sama dia sebenernya, kayak apa ya dia sendiri tuh aslinya tersiksa dan apa yang dia lakuin ke LB-LB lain juga nggak bisa dibenarkan. Doi parah, sih. Pantes Sydney sedih Vic harus berbuat "sejauh" itu.

Ada banyak yang belum terjelaskan. Kayak, ofc, kenapa June tiba-tiba nongol dan bisa punya bonding kuat sama Sydney. Apa mereka pernah ketemu sebelumnya? Atau June punya hubungan khusus dengan Serena, kakak Sydney?

Masa dia bisa jadi Angie juga. Emang doi LB lebih senior dari Vic sama Eli?

Ada juga ONL, gebrakan baru dari Stell, tapi duh, gore juga ini buku. Tag dewasa di bagian belakang buku (atas kode batang) nggak boleh diabaikan, sih. Mesti hati-hati banget. Sampe stres daku bacanya.

Bagian-bagian yang sayang banget adalah: aksi balas dendam Marcella. Yep, si LB baru ini kemampuan korosifnya nggak main-main. Kalo dia mau, dia bisa bikin orang (sampe ke baju-bajunya) jadi abu. Dan setelah diskusi dengan teman bacaku, kehadiran Marce di sini kayak angin lalu. Hal yang nggak konsisten sama blurb-nya. Siapa pun yang baca pasti ngira cewek ini datang sebagai saingan Vic-Eli. Well, enggak salah sih, tapi motivasinya nggak kuat. Malah kayak jalan sendiri-sendiri. Vic justru punya tujuan sendiri, Eli pun begitu. Marce malah kayak pengganggu nggak penting dan haus perhatian. Kalo selama ini LB menyembunyikan eksistensi mereka, Marce sebaliknya. Dia bangga jadi LB.

Marce tuh gambaran korban misoginis menurutku. Semasa dia hidup nggak dianggap, cuma jadi pajangan. Ketika ingin kasih ide dan pendapat malah disuruh diam. Jadi, ya saat tujuannya tercapai dia nggak bisa cuma melenggang gitu aja. Justru ini saatnya dia show-off. And sometimes it feel annoyed, actually. Bagian yang mengadudomba Vic dan Eli nggak lagi relevan karena tanpa Marce pun, Eli tetap akan kabur dan Vic akan tetap kejar dia.

Astaga susah banget mau reviu secara proper karena buku ini kompleks banget. Too much focuses. Banyak karakter dan masing-masing punya tujuan sendiri. Eh, pribadi maksudku, karena kan selain hubungannya antar karakter, ada goals yang mesti dicapai. Dan June adalah orang paling enggak jelas di sini. Maumu apa, hey, asalmu dari mana? :'(((

Jelas nggak nunggu buku ketiga terbit dan diterjemahkan, yang entah kapan omong-omong. Oh iya, terjemahan di buku ini 50:50. Ada bagian yang susah buat dipahami kalo nggak betul2 konsentrasi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Misogyny

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Police brutality, and Rape

readingqueerly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Again, I feel like I was not in the right mindset for most of this book. Because I enjoyed it a lot, but didn't have the energy to get sucked in by the story until today when I took a day to rest and I read the last 150 pages or so.
But this book was really good! I mean reading it right after the first one just really highlights what a big role reversal we suddenly have between Eli and Victor. Each character, even the background ones, is so complex and interesting. There is a clear understanding of what everyone's motives are making them easy to appreciate as a character even when you don't agree with them or they flat out do terrible things. The plot was a great continuation of the first book. I think the time gap was a big help here to have a lot of things get set up off page that really moved the story along so that this sequel was similar enough but not repetitive despite its parallels. 
If I'm not mistaken, a third book is coming. I for one will definitely pick it up. And reread these then when I am in a better mindset for them and can enjoy them a lot more than I already did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Drug use, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Abandonment, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Animal death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Sexual content, and Addiction

corin_134340's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

1. Way too many time jumps, too confusing that way.  —> felt like they were more frequent than in the first book? Or at least they didn’t come off as this confusing 
2. I really don’t need the back story and povs of all the new characters, that’s not why I’m reading the second book of a series, also there’s too many new characters that seem to be important for the main plot (I wanted more Victor, Mick, Syd and Eli, not whatever this was)
3. On the same note: random side characters getting povs is just so unnecessary (e.g. that one doctor, just to tell me he’s shady? I could have guessed that without wasting my time on a chapter from his point of view) —> makes me think that the author assumes the readers aren’t smart enough to guess the stuff that’s not being said. We are. The story is not that complicated. Subtext is a thing.
4. Feel like comments 1 to 3 are the reason why the book is almost 600 pages long. But a lot of the chapters feel like fillers and I really could have done without them. —> book needs more "show, don’t tell", hate it when I’m handed every small piece of information (let the readers guess, don’t hand them everything)
5. Definite Pro: Victor confirmed somewhere on the ace spectrum
6. Still like the writing style (most of the time)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny