Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

67 reviews

lexigrce's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

this book is just so tragic, the irony of telling a whole story encapsulating these girls’ lives when they truly didn’t know them at all. i remember first watching the movie when i was maybe 16 or 17 and writing it off. but when i rewatched it a year ago, despite being even further from the sisters’ ages than i originally was, i actually understood. reading the book somehow feels more real, seeing the story as it is without the added glitz of familiar celebrity faces, a bunch of made up stories constructed so that the boys could feel interesting and connected to the girls, as if they could even for a second understand what it felt like to be them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Child death, Alcohol, Child abuse, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

elysianbud's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Very odd book, but I very much enjoyed the writing style - the descriptions were really well done. Felt quite slow to read yet I still managed to finish it in about six hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Ableism and Racial slurs

sjareads's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Racial slurs

elizabstevensx's review against another edition

dark 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? No

1.5

This book is awful. Romanticising, misogynistic bullshit. Did not understand any tone or comment that made the concept and creepy obsession, stalking and ultimately voicelessness of five young girls acceptable. Am I missing something? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Self harm, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Alcohol, Animal death, and Vomit

karol99's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Fatphobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual content

adelleworldwide's review against another edition

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny

lindsayerin's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Misogyny

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs

sofiadidonato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Misogyny, Suicide, and Death