Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Flores Partidas by Karin Slaughter

93 reviews

lrdmrs's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, and Body horror

amsswim's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. Devastating look into a family torn apart by a missing sister. While I was able to predict some of the twists, the details and other parts kept me very interested and caught me off guard. My final listening session (today), I started at 60% and listened to the rest. Really picked up in the end, despite the beginning not really even dragging. The actions of the main characters felt believable and detailed. Overall a good read.

This was incredibly violent and graphic, so I'd recommend reading warnings before starting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Vomit, Child death, Death, Body horror, Drug use, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Misogyny, Car accident, Sexism, Classism, Dementia, and Medical content

Minor: Cannibalism

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Suicide

suzeanna's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.75

READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS! Was really hard to read. Freaked me out for a while after. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Drug use, Torture, Drug abuse, Rape, Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

sennaje's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Fatphobia, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

josuke's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

ellilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

I read this book because it was listed in some “most disturbing books” videos. 
I hate saying i enjoyed this because it’s not a nice topic to enjoy, but i just love dark and disgusting thriller and horror books. This book had me in a chokehold the past four days, and i barely find time to read so that’s always a good thing about a book for me, fast-paced and packed with adventure so i don’t want to stop reading.

Some of the turns in the story were weird and from the beginning you already know that the guy is bad, but you don’t know about the extent of the cruelty. That was weird for me because i’m used to not knowing who the killer is, in this book it was rather the question who you can trust and what’s the truth. 

The ending made me cry, but i have to be honest and i feel really  weird saying this: 
I heard this book was SO disgusting and graphic, and of course, there were some scenes that made me a bit uncomfortable but i’ve read worse. I don’t think that it’s the description that makes it disgusting, but rather the topic. 

I still enjoyed this book! It wasn’t as cruel as i thought it would be and at the same time it was worse. But in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Hate crime, Child death, Stalking, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, Dementia, Eating disorder, Vomit, Car accident, Body shaming, and Excrement

alicenonsense's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Slaughter has a chronic case of writing "not like other girls" characters. Don't get it twisted though, this is a horror book. A lot of the reviews here seem confused about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Trafficking, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Murder, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pedophilia and Dementia

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Seemingly padded for length by flipping between the two sisters, only one of which propels the plot forward, Pretty Girls is an otherwise harrowing thriller about an inability to let go of the past and how little we know the people we love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Confinement, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

mukunamatata's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A bit too gruesome for me and a lot of different details to keep track of. That being said, it was captivating and got right into it with new additions being included each page, which built up into a really good story. Obvi the privileged white woman nonsense about feminism annoy me

(and the fact that claire goes out with Nolan, a grade A asshole who was torturing her after the death of her husband.

only a ✋🏻woman would think of that to be an even semi decent addition to the novel.) but I still ate it up so Ms. slaughter will get another read out of me. Interesting and sad. The gore went far however, I do not believe it added enough to the book to be so pivotal during almost every page. I did enjoy this read and I’m better for it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Blood, and Body horror