Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

31 reviews

nectar_'s review

The book was too graphic for me personally, but i did enjoy the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Genocide, and Rape

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

junalynx's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.5

The ending was slightly anti-climactic in my opinion. The characters were mostly distinct and engaging, though Diti was dancing on my every nerve throughout the entire book. I have so many questions to the author, but mainly “why?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Torture and Murder

eclipse799's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Child death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, War, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Pregnancy

ramreads5's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Incest, Grief, Sexual violence, Rape, War, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Violence

aeglaeca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a difficult book to read. I'm not even sure whether I enjoyed it. Yes, it's set in a fantasy world, but so much of what's described has happened and is still happening. It's definitely worth the read, even if I disliked almost every character

and all of Onyesonwu's "friends" and even Mwita, were often awful. The only good friend she really had was Luyu.

If you do get into it though, just be prepared for a heavy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Slavery, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, and War

vasi83177's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and War

Moderate: Violence and Misogyny

Minor: Slavery, Racism, and Genocide

essireads's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and War

krys_kilz's review

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

This book felt a little slow paced for me and then rushed at the end. A lot of the story was focused on Onyesonwu's coming of age, so I would describe the book as a Bildungsroman/hero's journey with post-apocalyptic and fantasy elements. Some of the elements in this book fell a bit flat for me, but I still plan to continue reading Okorafor's work as I deeply appreciate the worlds she imagines.

Please be mindful of the content warnings before reading as there are a lot of heavy topics discussed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Vomit

saint_eleanor's review

I had to return it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Extremely graphic female circumcision descriptions/ and SA

nightoscphere's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

when i say this book had me fucking GAGGING like idk... i cant even tell u why this book had me gripped but it did!! even if i didnt fuck with any of the men in this entire book (mwita on VERY FUCKING THIN ICE), it was such a good ride i simply couldn't put it down!! i love the way magic works in this world and how unabashedly human it is — our teen protagonists & co kill, have sex, and fight and aren't (permanently) shamed for acting like teens in a fucked up post apocalyptic magical sudan! this is the first adult fantasy book ive finished in a long time where i didn't feel like the worldbuilding was lackluster, where the prose didnt bore me to tears and the characters had some meat to their bones! it wasn't convoluted (like so many white fantasy stories are 🙄), the use of words i didn't know didn't take away from my reading experience, and i wasnt bothered by it's pacing, like you really need to sit with onye's journey we cant just skip to the action!

i was a bit confused by the end but after reading some (very poor interpretations of this book on reddit) i got it and really appreciate that ofc for the woman who does not fear death, death would not be a limitation! i need time to sit with it ofc, but whether or not onye is alive doesn't matter to me (at least for now) bc what does matter is that a sorceress like her is gonna find a way to connect to the ones she loves!! and i hope she does, i hope she's chilling w/ binta, luyu, mwita & their child, i hope her mother visits in between her lessons w/ aro. i also love that daib's end is worse than death — he's forever fucked up by mwita, can't do magic without sacrificing his health/life, AND every single woman has powers!! he just has to sit there and watch his daughter's legacy on the face of each n every woman he walks past — nuru, okeke, or ewu — and know that if he hadnt been such a sick bastard all these years ago he never would've fucked around with the wrong one and found out!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Hate crime, Sexism, War, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Minor: Vomit