Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

386 reviews

bretj89's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual violence

charlieeew's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

sydrah's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

This book made me want to kill men then kill myself with such intensity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Rape

tsedorable's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Societal critiques with bizarre and disturbing vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Rape

cathy61r's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kadinelouise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kami_98's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

0.25

Worst book I've ever read. Poorly written torture porn with nothing interesting to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

holdingonruby's review

mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Blood

lightningmcqueer's review against another edition

Trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

gray's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A haunting tale of resistance against the status quo written in three different perspectives that are never the main protagonist's.
Yeong hye is described as a regular married woman in Seoul who suddenly has a dream and decides to strictly become vegetarian.

In both the first and second chapters, the tale is narrated from the perspective of Yeong hye's husband and then her brother-in-law. She is both seen as a sexual object and a nuisance once she starts insisting on living as a vegetarian. However in the third chapter, we see her older sister In-hye share that her descent into "madness" has been because of how they were brought up and is more empathetic towards Yeonghye.

It feels like one of the best literary takes on feminism to me and how, even women in our society can be complicit to the abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail