Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Company of Liars by Karen Maitland

3 reviews

snslayer's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This was an interesting read but an absolutely brutal one. Very bleak so read with care, especially if you’re Jewish, queer, disabled, or a woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Child death, Incest, Body horror, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Animal death, Ableism, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual assault

miastr's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Incest, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Rape, Religious bigotry, Outing, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion and Eating disorder

ninaru's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

I didn't really know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised - at least for the first 400 pages.

The 'Company' consists of nine very different characters with equally different and severe secrets. The author describes the characters and the setting in such a vivid - sometimes downright chilling - way that you feel as if you're a part of the group. You really don't want to be but that's not the point. With every chapter you learn something new about the secrets they're keeping and you start guessing what it could be. With some, you know quite quickly what it could be others are more surprising.

While it was page-turnerish it was just about 200 pages too long to be a 'quick' read. <s>Or maybe I just didn't take enough time off to continue reading...</s>

Unfortunately, I didn't like the ending. Mostly because I like the story to be finished and I want to know what happens to all the characters and not just the main one.

Overall, I really liked this book. It wasn't painfully predictable nor too 'twisty'. It had great morally grey characters and a clear storyline. Occasionally it was a bit gruesome and displayed some terrible mindsets of the middle ages - unfortunately, some still exist today. In other words, a few times I had to keep myself from throwing the book at a wall out of sheer frustration. So, maybe not for the faint-hearted or empathic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Blood, and Ableism

Moderate: Misogyny, Incest, Outing, and Gore