Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

13 reviews

marianneiriss's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

seedsofsunflowers's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Feb 2021: I left this at two stars for a long time, because I wasn't sure how to represent my feelings about it and I didn't want to change my rating until I reread it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma

Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexual violence