Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Todos somos villanos by M.L. Rio

71 reviews

giulsfloris's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

To me, this book was just… boring, predictable and pretentious. The characters weren’t well developed, they were annoying and overall badly described. They lacked depth and fell into a bunch of stereotypes. The women were used as a plot device more than once and didn’t have anything interesting to add.

It baffles me that this book has such good reviews since it also contains racist slurs and is filled with misogyny and sexism. Even worse, there’s no actual redemption or growth for these people. I personally don’t like static characters who don’t take opportunities to grow and change. This is narrated by an adult man’s point of view and yet it lacks the maturity and understanding of what a bunch of almost-adults did.

I considered DNFing this so many times so I skipped a bunch of boring parts in the second half of the book (especially since half of it is basically just Shakespeare dialogues copied and pasted into the story, you could really say he co-authored this thing), and I eventually finished it but boi was this disappointing. I don’t dislike Shakespeare, I studied some of his works at both high school and university, so I was convinced I’d like this book, but I did not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder

shelfofunread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Bullying, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Murder, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

lottselgar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

meredith, listen. i am free for u always

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Misogyny, Addiction, and Sexism

Minor: Biphobia and Blood

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

lesbianpirate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Sexism

tinstae's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The reveal was predictable, but not so much what came after it. The slight predictability and how slow it felt at some parts, combined with what can be difficult reading if like me you're unfamiliar with theatrical and Shakespearean terminology is what brings this rating down. But otherwise, this is an interesting book and I'm glad to have read it. This might just be personal taste, but I'm not too sure it quite lives up to the hype of its online fandom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

sourkiwi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

oliver marks bisexual king. wish the mystery of it was more central, it focuses more on character reaction and experience than the mystery. i am pretentious and love shakespeare 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

pagesofkenzie's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Sexism, Grief, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Misogyny, Death, and Bullying

rebecca142's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Grief

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Loses .25 of a star because I found the beginning a bit slow, and the whole thing slightly too heavy with the Shakespeare.  Once the story got going I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship