Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

11 reviews

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

rightwhrleftme's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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 death, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, and Physical abuse

zombiezami's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Torture, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Stalking, Alcohol, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity

studiouspoppy's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

3.25

the idea was great, and some of the reflections were interesting, but it was poorly executed. the exploration of evilness & religion as a tool to oppress rightfully oppressed women was really interesting, and the book wasn’t bad so i was invested & didn’t contemplate not finish it. still the characters felt one dimensional, the racial ambiguity of some of the characters went too far, which i didn’t like, and the ending felt really rushed.
also

what sapphic wants to read about a cat being murdered? that was so awful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual assault

mal717's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Okay, so I was not sure if I would finish this for most of the book. But, I stuck it out because the story is seriously intriguing on so many levels. And in the end, I'm really glad I did, because the wrap up is not only wild, but absolutely redeeming. The characters are kinda hard to get into, but really I guess there's a reason for that, so I suppose be prepared. 

Also, not to like spoil this for other people but there is mention of a cat being killed, but either that actually didn't happen, or the cat comes back to life and gets the person back. So, like, I just need other people to be prepared for that because I was not. Animals dying is like my big no, and I ruined a book for a friend because I mentally blocked out an animal being killed and I won't do that ever again lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Okay, I mentioned the cat death above, and like I said, either it really happened and the cat comes back to life, or it was hallucinated and the cat is a butthead. It isn't clear, though it is just kind of just accepted the cat came back to life?

kmarlowe's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.25

It’s felt like dark academia met The Sex Lives of College Girls (without the sex). Not necessarily a bad thing! I think it was an intriguing plot but lost me a bit in the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

fe_aye's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

I really did not like this book, Lottie got on my nerves more than anything else, and given half the book is from her perspective this really dampened my enjoyment of the book. I will say that the ending was actually quite good, surprisingly, and is probably the only reason I rated this as highly as I did. It’s a bit shallow but ultimately harmless. 

I did however like Alice, she was the main thing that kept me reading. This story was intriguing enough to keep me engaged but not really enough for me to be entertained. Some moments are simply jarring because it’s not exactly clear how characters come to the conclusions they do. The romance was rushed but not the worst thing in the world, a forgivable kind of bad, like straight people have crap romance stories so here’s a gay one to even the score slightly. 

Ultimately I probably won’t read again, but I did manage to finish this book regardless of my distain for one of the central characters, the narration style is very easy to read so if you want something not exactly brilliant but enough to keep your attention a little while this is probably it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, and Self harm

matheo's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, and Mental illness

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

What an amazing read.  I love the underlying sapphic tones with a love that develops as it goes.  

Salem although creepy as hell at times is the most iconic animal I’ve ever read in a book - I mean how cool is an immortal cat?

To anyone who like mystery, school settings esp dark academia, plot twists with I guess a hint of a curse even though it’s not quite then this book is for you!  

Loved this and truly glad I picked it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Animal death