Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

El laberinto del fauno by Guillermo del Toro

13 reviews

thomastopo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Child death

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of my favorite movies so I was excited to see it in book form. Love the cover! It's dark and beautiful just like the film. This is a great companion novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Torture, Blood, Grief, War, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Gore and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Abortion, Vomit, Child abuse, and Cursing

bibliophilecats's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Unnecessarily gruesome. Not YA.
Only good thing is the ending of Ofelia's story.
The mix of child's sort of innocent viewpoint with horror and gore did not work for me at all. No idea what the target audience/age demographic is supposed to be.
Cannot recommen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

elysian's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Gosh this was a good book and it got me back into reading. It had very strong themes and ideas which I loved and adored.

It was very slow to read at times. And some chapters where a pain to get through, as they were written from Vidals perspective (most despicable character ever written)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, War, Child abuse, Torture, and Sexism

luumii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Genocide, War, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Toxic relationship

spacepandita2022's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, War, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Pregnancy

aquamarinecadet's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

A terrifically gruesome children's book. I would not recommend gifting this book to children who still believe in Santa, fairies or the sort, it would quite literally break their dreams into brittle little pieces and pound them into bloody ashes :) 
Which makes this book a great read for 10+ year olds who know a bit about WWII, and who used to like fairytales (or maybe still do)
I for one, liked this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Misogyny, and Death

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: War, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

deathmetalpainter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

One of my favorite movies. This is a great adaptation which retains the fairy tale format. I enjoyed the in between tales that further develop the story beyond what the film could do. Of course, wonderful illustrations. This story is very visually driven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Torture, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

naiu_cs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

While I really enjoyed this book, because it was indeed a very exciting anf yet easy read, I do not think that it is actually suited for the targeted age group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Grief