Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

6 reviews

madravingintrovert's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 

I broke my rules with this series. I normally won't start a new book without reviewing the previous one first. I also try to review each book individually regardless of it being in a series. This series was just that good all the way through. 

Page turner to the max that had me screaming and rage quitting the book only to pick it up 5 minutes later and keep going. There are a few more triggers than I could list but really just know that this takes place in a post-world war setting and is dark in multiple ways. 

Two other triggers worth noting are drug and alcohol use. 

100% I would recommend this to others as long as they are okay with the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, War, Rape, Sexism, and Slavery

ka_ke's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Holy shit! I had HIGH expectations thanks to booktok and let me say they were met! The world building is impeccable, the prison was so well written you could feel what Brex was experiencing. Points lost for wasting Kek’s character (or is it?) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Sexual content, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Misogyny, War, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Rape

thetalesofabookishmom's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

Not as great as all the hype but entertaining despite not loving most of the characters and thinking the main character is a sex craved idiot at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, and War

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Misogyny

Moderate: Vomit

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Everyone's hyping up this book, and I was a victim to that hype. It didn't meet expectations for the level of praise placed upon it.

The gratuitous misogyny and abuse: It felt like the author just piled it on for the sake of piling it on. So edgy. Very sharp. I could be "fine" with it if the abuse was a demonstration of rock bottom for our main character, but as soon as she finds herself on better footing, she laments that corsets are worse torture than the death camp she just experienced. You're telling me I read 200+ pages of violence at the far end of the spectrum expecting it to hold some sort of impact/value to the character (trauma, rock bottom, etc) only to be told in levity that the main character thinks corsets are worse? What was the point of making me read sexual assault every eight pages if it wasn't going to pay off or affect the character in some way? 

"I had worn dresses with bodice tops- they were worse than any torture device [the death camp] could think up" 

Fuck out of my face with that nonsense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: War

brookebeal90's review

Main character is almost unbearable, has a serious case of 'pick me' right from the offset - All men want her, all girls hate her (unless they also want her). Was badly written, character traits were stated like bullet points, MC pointing out why people hate her (because she's too pretty, too thin, too good at fighting, os close to the guy that everyone wants - give me a break). It was also unnecessarily sexual in places where it didn't need it, and was badly done. Love interest..is not interesting, attempt at tension between the two is forced and just..boring. Made it 70% through but couldn't waste anymore time on this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Torture, and Violence