Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

3 reviews

shoham's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.25

I liked all of it, it was wonderful! And then... The ending came to ruin it all. I listened to it on audiobook and I was fucking devastated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal death, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Mental illness

and this is clearly a very weird book, so beware of that

meg_elyse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Police brutality, Self harm, Body shaming, Classism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Antisemitism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Genocide, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Child death

Minor: Murder, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

guinevere_s1994's review

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I enjoyed this book. Which surprised me because after reading practical magic and being a bit disappointed (its my favourite film) I was expecting to dislike it . This book had a few sad moments but I really cared about their characters and wanted to find out what happened to them. It was easy enough to read, a nice slow pace which I needed after reading a book that was much more action and speed. With my last book I had to take regular breaks to digest everything that happened but with this I could sit and read it for a few chapters and not feel tired which was nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Animal cruelty