Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Sundial by Catriona Ward

7 reviews

jesselyn's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gore, Death, Confinement, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Self harm, Death of parent, Violence, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

joy_ong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Miscarriage

charlottesreadingweb's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

I liked this book for the most part, but there are some caveats as others have mentioned. I agree that the Arrowwood chapters can be skipped entirely, although they offer some insights or "Easter eggs" about Rob and her sister. I agree that the book probably could have used more editing/parring down, especially in the middle, where it dragged somewhat. Overall, I think the book is an interesting comment on the concept of nature vs. nurture, and the cycle of generational trauma. Big triggers warnings for domestic violence, animal cruelty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse and Animal death

dreamycactus's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, and Misogyny

thehmkane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Blood

venusbloo's review

The ideas are muddled.  Most of what I read was just descriptions of varying degrees of domestic abuse/violence and child abuse/neglect.  There seemed to be some supernatural background elements, but it didn't get explained by nearly halfway through the book.  I peeked at the end, and that did not help explain anything at except it appeared the major conflict between the mother and daughter was resolved even if other conflicts in the story weren't.  Just a strange book that I didn't really vibe with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

kelanor's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Miscarriage, Animal death, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse