Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

6 reviews

huldasif's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A really exciting fantasy with an interest magic system, although I found it a bit confusing sometimes because the rules were a little inconsistent. If you are higly sensitive to misoginy (and I don't mean that in a negative way), there's a dash of it here. It bothered me a tiny little bit, but not enough to stop enjoying the book, although I have known of women who have either quit reading or stopped after finishing the first book because of it. What liked most about this book was the surprises and how things aren't always the way that they seem and how well Brent Weeks holds off information you are dying to get until at the very moment it pays the most to get it. The multiple POV was very well executed, although the men were better written than the women. Somehow the women are so much more flawed than the men and it's rather irritating, but they don't have nearly as many chapters, so it didn't have to spend the whole book raging about it. Let's hope that improves in the coming books. The story is captivating and I don't know what will happen next or where it's going, but I want to know. I lost sleep over this book. It's a page turner and yet it's 735 pages! I didn't feel that long at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexism, Death of parent, Body horror, Addiction, Drug use, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, Slavery, Torture, Misogyny, Death, and Blood

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, and Vomit

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Death, Murder, Gore, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug abuse, and Rape

axolotlhappy's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Main character who just witnessed his whole town being murdered and burned to the ground: 😢

Everyone in this book: Don’t be such a girl! 🙄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

terrabby's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

3.0

Uuuh mixed feeling with this one. 

Strong points: I have to agree with virtually everyone else here, the magic system is cool af, very original and thoroughly explained. Most of the characters were interesting and well-written, especially Gavin, which is the main reason why I didn't dnf. 

Now, onto the weaknesses: This book suffers from male author writing women syndrome and it has quite a few "she breasted tittily" moments. On top of that, it's pretty damn fatphobic for a book with a fat mc. Like, it makes an effort to be explicitely fatphobic at some points. 

The writing style was meh, didn't love it, didn't hate it. Too many battle descriptions but that's just personal preference.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Vomit

inka_z's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Body horror, and Blood

saramg's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

There was so much fat shaming in this book. So very much. Also every scene had to be packed with action. If a guy is walking down the stairs, Brent Weeks had to make him almost fall over and die. That is; the action was often meaningless. The entire last quarter of the book was one big battle that I wasn’t totes clear on why they were fighting. Not the worst book, not the best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Confinement and Misogyny