Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

3 reviews

ghostlyprince's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Car accident

vixenreader's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s a slog to get through for the middle section and there have been better movies that have done this lot. Still, there’s a lot of small perks, such as the leading lady, the horror movie trivia, and some commentary on wealth and shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Cultural appropriation

Be aware that there is violence with knives and other household items, bribery, financial stress, and homemade bombs.

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

   A Halloween house party goes terribly wrong when the clown hired to play a simple game of tag turns to murder. But why?
      I think the MC didn't see her own privilege, yes, she's Black and racism is a major problem, BUT she was still better off than a Black girl who'd grown up in say the projects. She had a better education and better opportunities than a lot of people, both black and white. And this made her very unlikable. As well as her entitlement to the internship and a podcast.
     If say I'd tried to start a podcast if I was in high school, who would care? I'm not rich, I'm poor, I may be white, but I'm not male, I don't have the money for fancy equipment. I don't have friends to network with to promote it. I don't know any "important" people. The MC seems to think because she's rich she's entitled to these things.
     She's obviously not as bad as the villains, who I wanted to kick in the balls. Cause screw them and their entitlement. Basically, everyone in the book was supremely entitled, and thus hard to tolerate.
      Overall, it was a bit gross, the poor mice that go squished. But that was usual for horror, not too gory. And I get the attempt at a message but by the end, it sort of felt a bit preachy, and I do believe we need to get rid of racism and give reparations, though to the rich, not as much.
    Also, the romance part just felt forced and took me out of the horror/action part of the story. And I also saw who the accomplice was probably pretty early on.
 
  Extra ratings: Fluff- NA   Heartfelt- 2/5   Helpful-NA   Horror- 3/5   Inspiration-NA   Love-1.5/5   Mystery- 3/5    Predictability- 4/5   Spice-0/5    Suspense-2.5/5    Tear 3/5    Thrill-3/5    Humor-NA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Gore

Minor: Infidelity and Stalking