Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Page by Tamora Pierce

9 reviews

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this one it was good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Misogyny

sexytinatrainconductress's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

booksthatburn's review

adventurous 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

PAGE continues with Kel's second year as a page, now that her probation is over. It covers three years, concluding with public tests for pages ready to become squires. It continues Kel's resistance to Joren's bullying, bringing younger pages into her and her friends' protection as they try to stop the hazing. In addition to new and old friends among Kel's peers, she gains a maid and a dog. Lalasa has been subject to unspecified harassment and physical assault, and her uncle, Gower, hopes that being Kel's maid will offer Lalasa some protection. There's a mostly new storyline related to Kel's efforts to teach Lalasa self defense and help her have a life outside her duties. It intersects with the continued harassment of Kel and her fear of heights in a very dramatic finale which I hesitate to spoil. It doesn't really try to wrap up many plot threads, other than specific incidents (which resolve soon after they begin) and the finale. It's building up to challenges she'll presumably face as a squire, meaning that most things are assumed to continue later in some form (or are so minor as to not require a resolution at this time). 

Kel's voice is consistent with the first book. She sounded a bit older than ten there and now she actually is, so it's a benefit to this story even if it didn't quite fit the first one. The story could mostly make sense to someone who hasn't read FIRST TEST, since the harassment and bullying begun there continue here in a form which is easy to understand even if its origins were shown elsewhere. Happily, the friends she made before continue here as well, with the welcome addition of Owen to their group. It also focuses on Kel's perception of her training and the differences in her body as becomes a teenager. This gets the room to be a fuller story and slightly less of an anti-bullying PSA, while still having enough of that for continuity. The slight reduction there is made up for in discussions of sexual harassment and self-protection, as Kel teaches Lalasa to defend herself from unwanted advances. It's a bit coy about exactly what Lalasa fears, and my one worry would be that it's only helpful to a reader who doesn't need things explained in the first place. 

Overall it feels like this book is doing more work for the quartet as a whole than it is for itself as a volume within it. The plot that's mostly unique to this volume has to do with Lalasa, but even that story is of Kel trying to prepare her to defend herself and then it not being enough without Kel's help. Having read later books before, I know that even this incident is part of a broader conflict spanning most of the series, which means that the main conflict is a continuation of things begun earlier and finished elsewhere. That's fine for the second book in a quartet, it's common for book two of a series to have this feeling, I just wish this book had more that was its own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Minor: Ableism, Excrement, War, Child death, Vomit, Suicide, Homophobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

inferiorwit's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Kidnapping, Death, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Stalking, Incest, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

rini's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse

charm0nix's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault and Animal death

manarnia's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

There are so many things I love about this book! Kel is such a good protagonist, and the challenges she faces are somehow relatable despite being things that would never happen to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Vomit

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

4.0

After having completed her first year as a probationary page, Kel has become an official page. This book covers all of the years that she is a page, so many months are glanced over unless something happens. <i>Page</i> is very similar to <i>First Test</i>, and to the various Alanna books, though Kel hires a lady's maid. 

Kel shows leadership skills, and works on her fear of heights while also learning how to be a page, and how to handle the boys who don't think women should be knights. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit

anacereading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault