Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One by Amanda Lovelace

17 reviews

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

4.0

to be a
woman
is to be
warbound,
k n o w i n g
all the odds
are stacked against you
- & never giving up in spite of it.

I was eager to pick this one up, as I really enjoyed the first collection in this series The Princess Saves Herself in This One, and I'm happy to say that it did not disappoint! I appreciate how raw and honest Amanda Lovelace's writing is, and how she is not afraid to discuss important topics such as assault, abuse and misogyny. I will say this collection was heavier than I remember the first one being, and I would reference the content warnings in my review as well as the content warnings she has placed at the start of the collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Transphobia, Eating disorder, and Murder

mention of menstruation

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Transphobia, and Violence

marthabethanreads's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, and Eating disorder

metaparadox's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Transphobia

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

It's not as good as her first novel the princess saves herself in this one. She varied her sentence structure and added a bit more depth, but she repeated herself a lot, to the point that it took me out of the poe.. I think Lovelace could benefit if she wrote her thoughts thoughts and feelings as a memoir or as flash fiction instead. I found myself wanting more context for her advice, homages, and quotes, too. 

But it was still good enough to read I'm one sitting, especially since poetry is a genre that I'm new to.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

ajoyr's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Misogyny

stwriter92's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

2.0

Having read Amanda Lovelace’s collection “The Princess Saves Herself In This One,” I have to say that this kind of followed the same thread. 

I want to preface this with the proclamation that I am a staunch feminist. I do believe that we live in an unequal society. This is something that needs to be fixed. However, I am also equally against the misandry that is sprinkled through this collection. 

First of all, the entire thing reads like a collection of tweets that had been saved as drafts to collect dust until they were brushed off and slapped into this collection. It felt very Diet Riot Grl-esque. It reminded me of my own cringe-worthy poetry that I used to write back in high school (I will never show anyone that ever ever ever).  

There were a few good ones, I’ll grant that, but the entire thing felt a little too pandering to me. She has a theme of taking the definition of “woman” back from the patriarchy, which is something I can get behind. She also has a theme of taking back the power of feminine anger at a world that was created to keep us downtrodden. These are themes that I can get behind, but the execution feels like it was surface-level observation dressed up to look deeper than it actually was.  

One thing I will give her, however, is this idea of being reborn from the ashes. I do think that the phoenix-imagery is very inspiring. I just wish that the execution of this collection had been done better.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming