Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

26 reviews

amyteurhour's review

2.0

Content warning: unsolved murder, assault, violence, self harm, suicide/suicidal thoughts, possession, animal death

cat killed

, misogyny, sexism, domestic and sexual abuse, attempted grooming

I felt like this was trying to do too much. The pacing felt so slow, even during the parts that should have been exciting/kept me hooked as the mystery ramps up, I just felt that it was the same as when things were still slow and starting out. The end felt like Steven was trying to cram social commentary, but the lead up to this hadn't really set things up for that. I didn't really click with either of the main characters, and felt that their friend was also kind of crammed into the story without getting much development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Suicide, Self harm, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

peppermintz's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The start was pretty slow and then the book just kept speeding up. I loved how the girls described each other,

like sunshine and a dark forest respectively

. The mention of asexuality was weird thought and it made me feel as if they didn't do enough research -

basically, she said that asexuality fit perfectly until

. It's like, demi or gray sexuality exists. Also, I am so glad they finally got therapy would have saved alot time/stress if it had happened earlier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

cecilie26's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

Okay, this is the first time that I have tried to read something in this kind of genre. I have read murder mysteries but this is a whole other genre than that in my opinion. 
It was nice to try something new, but this book was really not something for me. 

I’m gonna make some pros and cons, because that the only way that I can make this kind of shot and not write something that doesn’t make sense. 
Let’s start with the pros:
- liked the generational women rage and what it represents
- did like the girl kinda fight club vibe. 

The cons:
- the animal cruelty(could not for the life of me see the reason for that even though

the cat lived

. 
I know the authors perspective was to show how far she would go, but that could have been done another way. I just really don’t like animals being hurt to further the stories cruelness. 
- the romance was a bit weird. It didn’t feel like it came naturally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Death

raphynette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Animal death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

freyaboobac's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Death

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

    Lottie and Alice start at the newly reopened  Carvell College of Arts. But history starts to repeat itself as a new series of killings start, eerily similar to the ones from ten years ago that caused it to close its doors. 
    This book is reported to be dark and "funny". Dark yes, funny much less so. The animal murder is resolved in a way that makes it less traumatic to the reader, but at the time it happens it's very dark and disturbing. As an animal lover, I had to stop reading the book for the day after that scene.
    I get where the author was coming from with the message about female anger and how it needs to be accepted and we need to change the sexism in the world. I really wish the author had stayed away from harming animals. I'm a person who prefers human death to animal death in fiction.
    The book was decent. I liked the premise but the execution wasn't as good as possible. 

Extra ratings: Fluff - 0/5  Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful-NA    Horror- 3/5    Inspiration- NA   Love aka Romance-2/5   Mystery-3/5    Predictability- 3/5    Spice- 0/5  Suspense- 2/5   Tear 3.5/5  Thrill- 3.5/5  Humor-1/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Self harm

Minor: Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, and Dementia

of_fantasy_and_fibre's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved the two main characters and how they wrapped up and packaged their anger. This is a strong theme in this book and the way the world labels women and their anger. The grump /sunshine plot in this worked well not because they made each other better but how they came together to give an overall balance to each challenge they faced. This overall was a hopeful story in how to give us the will to turn that anger we feel into motivation to arm ourselves and not let it turn into self hatred. As an angry girl who has somewhat been given the tool to realise it's passion and caring at the heart of my anger I invite you to take the little trip into this world and hopefully find what your anger is rooted in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Bullying, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual assault

bookeduntil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Suicide, and Physical abuse

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

disclaimer if you’ve read other reviews by me and are noticing a pattern: You’re correct that I don’t really give starred reviews, I feel like a peasant and don’t like leaving them and most often, I will only leave them if I vehemently despised a book. I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all. Everyone’s reading experiences are subjective, so I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not, regardless if I add stars or not. Find me on Instagram: @bookish.millennial or tiktok: @bookishmillennial

Premise (from the author’s own description!!!):
🥀 f/f enemies to lovers
🌲 Northumberland in the 90s
🔮 sinister rituals
🖤 slow burn romance
🩸 all-girl fight club
🌞 grump/sunshine
🛏 there’s only one bed
🔪 hurt/comfort

Thoughts:
Hmmmm, what to say, what to say…. I love a sapphic reimagining with ace representation of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde but I especially support young angry femmes. 

It was giving Wednesday x Enid & I didn’t hate that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Animal death, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Gaslighting