Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

44 reviews

goeagles91n's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, Sexism, Cursing, and Gun violence

bringitona's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Death, Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Abortion, Fatphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Trafficking, and War

ggcd1981's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Kidnapping, Blood, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Confinement

vonny3492's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

toriffic's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Misogyny

itsnotalakeitsanocean's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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? No

4.0

Honestly one of the best things I've read in a long time. Is it maybe a bit predictable? Yes, but this book is proof that just because something can be predictable it doesn't mean it can't be fun.

I would have liked to have gotten to know the protagonists that weren't Billie more.

Also I'm still confused as to why Helen missed that shot in New Orleans and I don't think it was explained? I could be wrong but it still bugs me slightly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy and Cancer

churrocaitie's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.75

I had trouble getting into this book, and I’m not sure why that is. I think I expected it to be leaning more on the mystery-side of things when it came to the plot but instead, there was more of an adventure/action focus. That’s totally fine, but not my cup of tea. And since this is a smaller book, we didn’t get into plot too much that I wanted, we mainly went scene to scene with action. I would’ve enjoyed more time to get to know the characters at a deeper level. Open to reading more of Deanna Raybourn, I enjoyed this book for its writing style and how lighthearted things were, but I’m not sure I’ll explore other stories similar to this one (if she writes more like this).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy

beepbeep101's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexism, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Stalking

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Misogyny

kristinj1's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was a recommendation from Nick. It was really enjoyable! Definitely a different type of read to read about lady assassins in their 60s. I actually found myself curious about the characters and would probably read a second installment in this series. It almost felt like this should have been the middle book of a trinity, that we could have learned a lot about their training and their background and the Museum from a first book. Not to say that this book was lacking, just that there was a lot of rich material there to provide context and history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Misogyny