Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

97 reviews

diana_raquel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement and Misogyny

saomah5566's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

petty_anthropology's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Gaslighting

animebloodqueen's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny

abfreda184's review

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gabthebookworm's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny

sophie8's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I'm terrified. The image of this women just crawling ('creeping') quickly round and round the edges of her room, and her husband opening the door and seeing her, fainting and her thought is that it's annoying, now she must creep over him each lap. There's something so chilling about reading a first person diary entry style book, where the narrator descends into psychoses. The 'women behind the paper' was creepy to start, but it was when she began to think she was the woman that was the worst. Written seamlessly and expertly, a definate 5 stars. Huge statement on the treatment of women, mental health, and the prescription of bed rest/ 'rest cure' where you're not allowed to do anything but sit or sleep. The wallpaper was unsettling, especially the pattern, although that was the point! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Mental illness

cat12345's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Ableism, Confinement, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Misogyny, Death, and Homophobia

hauntedantiqueshop's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

This is ultimately one of my favorite horror stories.

We get an unreliable narrator, suffering from postpartum depression and really just being punished for it. Her husband/physician doesn’t actually believe anything is wrong with her yet isn’t allowing her to do anything besides stay in this decaying room, including anything as simple express herself in writing. She immediately convinces herself that the room is a nursery but it’s more likely that it was used to house/imprison an insane person.  She has no escape or outlet besides staring at this funky wallpaper. Of course it’s going to start warping and her mind will play tricks on her. It’s almost funny that he’s so shocked in the end that he faints. What did he expect?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

eva_vva's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy