Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

26 reviews

naechan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

The first part was promising. Good girl with daddy issues runs in to a bad boy with a traumatic past. For once I thought we were going to get a female lead who is a good person at her core but who isn’t a complete idiot. For example,

she's rightfully suspicious when he randomly shows up at her workplace after they met only once without her giving him the address.

She seemed to have some common sense and self preservation at first until she goes on an actual date with him, after which it’s like she got a lobotomy and her whole personality got wiped out. The second half is just Stockholm syndrome galore. I didn’t buy their “love” at all, I felt like there was no emotional connection between the two main characters, at best they are just horny for each other. He treats her like shit the whole time and she just decides she’s okay with it because of her daddy issues I guess. I also didn’t care about the whole mystery/plot surrounding the drug cartel. 
There was an annoying amount of  misogyny and women hating, not just from the male characters, but the narrative itself. Wendy is this virginal, innocent and pure creature who is secretly yearning to be fucked hard and that makes her special. Meanwhile all other women in this book are superficial, evil and vapid. They just jealous of her and they don’t act like people at all, but like caricatures of themselves.
It’s not the worst thing I have read, but it feels like wasted potential. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.5

 Content Warnings: sexual content, breathe play, violence, gun violence, blood, gore, torture, death, and murder.
Mention of: child abuse, death of a parent[s], neglect, corruption, and implied pedophilia and child SA.

Yes, just yes. Hook is one of those villains whose violence feels completely justified. 😌 I also loved seeing Wendy evolve and grow confident in herself and her own mind.

Ngl definitely saw the twists coming but they were still fun when revealed.

I will definitely be reading the other books in this series 💜 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Gore, Torture, and Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Death of parent

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Predictable af and I knew every plot point as soon as the character involved in said plot point was introduced but damn it I devoured this and had a good ass time. Onto the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, and Violence

melaniegrace91's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I had heard a lot about this book, so was really excited to read it. I don’t know if it was just that the audio book narrators were horrible actors, or what, but I really didn’t enjoy this book. It had very little plot and so much violent sexual content it just made me uncomfortable. Perhaps it’s my fault for not reading the content warnings, but I was thoroughly disappointed in how many red flags there were in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Abandonment, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

masucolmusings'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

3.0

you know that one tumblr post that says villains make better love stories because they’d be willing to burn down the world for their loved ones while heroes will always be burdened by their unwavering morals? yeah i’m thinking about that while reading this book

the smut was pretty good! feeling weird how the girl doesn’t know her worth until she gets with the guy! and the guy is literally horrible which i guess is the point but man. if i saw him in real life i think i would run (so unfortunate that he’s hot…) i did not see the twists at the end and i thought the book set them up pretty well. 3/5 for the spice and suspense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

mitrosec's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

Anyone who looks at this man and unironically wants someone like him needs psychiatric help. 
With that said, I understand he is a villain and thoroughly enjoyed the book. Although, as a lesbian reading about his perceptions of women made me sick to my stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Sexism

eagleshouse's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.25

if I wanted to see a raging misogynistic edgelord talk about how women are beneath him only for him to somehow win the girl with mediocre sex and weird pet names, I'd read fucking Andrew Tate fanfiction, and I reckon I'd still somehow enjoy that more than this book.

I'm sorry but if this is their idea of good smut/relationships, then I am so sorry for straight women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Sexism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Incest, Car accident, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

toriamos's review against another edition

This book is bad :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Grief, Kidnapping, Incest, Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Blood, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Incest, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Cancer, Confinement, Pregnancy, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Medical content, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Drug abuse