Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

4 reviews

_a_r_u_'s review

dark 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? No

2.25

I read this in one evening and oh boy. Its not bad, by any means. It’s a classic for something. But the characters, their actions and the implied message of the author haven’t aged well. At all. I hated all of the characters (except one) for the entirety of the book, and the only moment I was finally able to empathize with one its not because they have changed their ways and had a remarkable development, rather because they were in a situation of extreme danger and stress. The descriptions were ok, the plot is genuinely interesting  and it could’ve been so good if the characters and the message were different. 
The “only white english culture is the way of civilized men” message was… definitely something… the absolute BLATANT fatphobia was also something… like, at least give the kid an actual name instead of a degrading nickname name…
Again, this could’ve been good (it’s a good book! It’s enjoyable!) but it aged so poorly and has so many terrible decisions that I can’t see it having much more repercussion in the future…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Death, Fatphobia, Child death, Xenophobia, and Animal death

Minor: War, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Torture

sunny_not's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

This was super stressful. My stress levels were through the roof the last 30 pages. It's very dark and brutal (check the content warnings before reading this)  . I thought this was very smart, highlighting humanity's worst sides and putting a twist on other island stories. Although I enjoyed it there were many of its time elements which is the reason why I didn't give it a higher rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, War, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Gore, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Torture

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

powellki's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

I don't understand why this book is considered a classic. It's boring, demeaning, and full of nothing but rich white boy problems.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse