Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Dating Plan by Sara Desai

4 reviews

ohheyitskaitlin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Bullying, Biphobia, Grief, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Drug use

arwombat's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.25

After despising the first book in this series, I read the second. Very smart of me. This one was much better than the first, and solved a good amount of the problems I had with the first, but not all of them. The love story was honestly kind of cute and Liam was much more endearing than Sam. 

That being said, there was still an *interesting* amount of sexism in the story. Aside from a few comments, the main source of this was Liam's motorcycle mentor (whose name I can't remember). He was needlessly sexist and misogynistic and not only did Liam  not defend Daisy, he didn't recognize it, saying that "his sense of humor wasn't for everyone". And while I'm not a huge fan of sexism in books, if it serves a purpose, to help a character grow, I can accept it. But this wasn't that. It was pointless and harmful. Saying that women should go in the back of motorcycles and men should be in charge and go in front. The worst part is that Liam then goes to HIM for relationship advice. Yeah. The guy who has no respect for women at all. 

There's also possessiveness and other remarks throughout the book, but motorcycle guy was the main offender. Maybe it's just me, but can't we get past this and stop putting sexism in books for no reason, especially when the main characters don't stand up to it or address it as wrong and harmful?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

annreadss's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Misogyny