Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

8 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I had such a good time with this book, and I'm really excited to read more by this author. Love this ferda girlies. Would read a whole set of these baking mysteries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Abandonment, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood, Misogyny, and Rape

knicke's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.5

The actual murder, though teased in the prologue, only happens right at the end of the book.

It’s not all that mysterious, and I found several threads of the mystery predictable. The setting/concept is original and drew me in, but the plot content is not original. The characters are not well-developed and lack dimension.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Violence

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

hanhantap's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

noceur's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

The book started great, and I mean that the first chapter had every element for a great thriller but unfortunately the rest was not good. First of all this is not a thriller or a cozy mystery i don't even know what it is tbh maybe a fanfic about baking cuz all it talks about is the competition and the baking that's all and i know it's about getting to know the characters and to add suspense but the characters all felt flat and flawed (not in a good way) to me and it just dragged. In the first chapter we see that someone is dead but then nothing happens until the like %80 mark and then the ending is so rushed also the "mysteries" are so predictable. In addition to ending up being rushed, the conclusion made no sense and just left me with more questions it was just poorly written and not great thought i think. Also there is one thing that really bugs me is that a man uses a woamn for a one night stand and she gets heartbroken but then suddenly it is grooming by someone who she fell in love with ? i thought

Hannah was just using Archie to further her career

did i missed something 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Classism and Mental illness

Minor: Misogyny

kwurtzel3's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny

chris_reads's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Classism, Dysphoria, and Alcohol

Minor: Murder, Rape, Blood, and Misogyny

rosesforreading's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was an intriguing mystery for fans of Agatha Christie and the Great British Bake Off. On a stormy night, Betsy one of the judges for Bake Off finds a body in the tent. We go back a few days in time to see the events play out. With the contestants and judges in a big lonely mansion, who is the killer?
The food descriptions are fantastic in this book. If you are a fan of cooking shows you will love this! The plot ends up following two mysteries. In the end I thought that it was very slow paced and took a while to get to the point. There were several of the characters viewpoints you got through the book which helped with character development and different points of view.
Overall, I think this was a fun cozy mystery. Thank you to netgalley for providing me with an ecopy for review.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Blood, Misogyny, and Alcoholism