Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

310 reviews

julee_melii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

chlschn's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Murder

princessrory's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Excrement, and Vomit

thereadingmarshmallow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cora_aossey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I would’ve enjoyed and appreciated this book so much more if it wasn’t falsely sold to me as enemies to lovers  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tinyplanet's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Excrement, Abortion, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Pedophilia, Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

grievous_glory's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia

jlchabotte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, and Vomit

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed some parts while other parts I felt like I had to slog through. I liked it enough to finish it and be happy that I did, but I didn’t like it enough to feel the need to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide attempt