Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

50 reviews

cinthiaurora's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

Every woman in a Gillian Flynn novel is just The Worst. And I love that for them. 
I think she’s a very talented writer but in some instances throughout this book the way she presents new info felt a little off. 

  For example, the cutting.
For something that Flynn really emphasized plagues Camille’s every waking thought and influences every aspect of how she interacts with others, it just felt funny to “reveal” it half way through the novel. A novel being narrated by Camille no less. 
Same thing with Adora’s violent tendencies. Up until Camille recalls the cheek biting incident, Adora was just presented to be a slightly overbearing, distant but possibly well-meaning mother. For being such a core memory you would think she would have brought this up, just, like, a little bit sooner. I understand the way to build suspense and all the strategies authors use to “leave breadcrumbs” in a story all the way up until the final climax. I understand the reason why these things couldn’t all be brought up at once. But sometimes it just felt like Camille had this selective amnesia until it was convenient for the narrative. 
It felt funny, that’s all. But that’s just me being nitpicky.
Another thing that felt weird was the way Richard and Camille just, never spoke again immediately after the climax. I’m not saying it’s not realistic or that I craved any further “romance” between them, it just felt like a loose end Flynn didn’t know how to tie up so it was dropped altogether. 

Anyways, those are just some of my thoughts. Great novel overall. Very twisted (in a good way) exploration of the  dynamic between mother and daughter- which was rightfully the center focus of the book. Everything beyond that isn’t worth nitpicking too much. (Unless you’re like me and you like nitpicking :)) 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Classism, Sexism, and Misogyny

booknerdbetty's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty

becktothefuture's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Torture, Misogyny, Vomit, Child abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Child death

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

This book was really amazing and un-put downable. Flynn did an excellent job creating that gothic atmosphere of dread, even from the beginning before you even understand why Camille dislikes her mother. She also captures the gothic genre's over the top drama in the way the story resolves very nicely as well. The only parts of this book were the way sex is emphasized, especially with teen characters, like the way Camille describes her younger sister and her friends, but I also agree with the Richard in that she grew up in a super misogynistic society so Camille potentially didn't know better/ think it was wrong. Bug it just made my skin crawl reading it, which again may be the intention but it happened A LOT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Drug use, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Addiction and Pedophilia

maddwomann's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Body horror, Vomit, Grief, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Classism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

captainroz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Mental illness

Minor: Misogyny and Rape

sennaje's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was an experience. Please do heed the content warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Blood, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

rebeccajben's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

I genuinely hated this book I would not have read this if Sofia didn’t annotate it for me. Tbh her annotations were what got me through. I’m terrible at predictions but I guessed the plot so damn quick and the mediocre twist at the end was not enough to redeem this even a little bit. Reading this was so deeply unpleasant and I felt sick the whole time lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Torture

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The narrator for the audio book was perfect, Amma sounded like a southern Azula and it fit her character perfectly. The story had me on edge even though I knew  the ending. There were many times where I was so angry with the protagonists choices, but I get why they were included to show her declining mental state. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Camille reveals that she was

gang raped at a party when she was thirteen, she does not believe that this was a rape despite being extremely intoxicated and much younger than the perpetrators.

This may be upsetting to survivors of sexual assault, as her perspective is to victim blame, despite

having not processed that she was a victim herself.

There are also many depictions of hypersexual children as young as middle school.