Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann

6 reviews

whiteflowerose's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Racism, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Misogyny

emhunsber's review

funny informative relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

Hooray for representation! This book has a lovely romance as it's main plot, but with a twist: the main character is asexual, and throughout the novel she and her love interest have to come to grips with what this means for their relationship.

The representation was realistic, especially with the main character's rants to her therapist about what being ace feels like. Her experiences seemed true to an ace identity, but aren't often shown in media without it being a joke or a thing that makes a character deviant.

Lastly, while being ace is the driving force of the main character's conflict, it's not the only defining factor of the  character. She has a personality; she has depth; she is human.

This book is very much a romance novel, but the asexual character and the experience of asexuality shared within the pages are so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

bendersreads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Toxic friendship, Racism, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

kp_writ's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

An overall boring and grating take on young adulthood and exploring asexuality. Definitely not a book I'd recommend if wanting to expand your understanding of the ace identity, as the author's attempts at ace rep are clumsy and problematic at best. The characters are one-toned, and the protagonist Alice, despite having some character development towards the end, is tiring to follow. Overall, it is clear in the writing style and the plot/character/setting development that the author had written this book in a very short amount of time (40 days, I believe).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual violence, Infidelity, and Misogyny

waterlilyreads's review

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Biphobia, and Misogyny

taram's review

hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, and Racism