Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

5 reviews

plantonic_friendships's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

I think many of the other reviewers gave a stronger review than I ever could. This was a strong essay collection though the nonlinearity really confused me at points. A good example was in the essay Creep and where Q came into play in her life. It was discombobulating and I kept rewinding the audio thinking I missed something - turns out you don't get it into much further into the essay.

I think so many women have had a Q in their life. Some who have had a man try to play off suffocating them to some who have had a man pretend to be the avid reader of your dream (Lolita is such a red flag 😭) only to be your biggest hater and everything in between.

The "White Onion" chapter was so interesting and Joan Didion's relation to one of the Manson murderer was sooo interesting.

Quite honestly, ALL of the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Violence, Racism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Murder

emelynreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a book I wanted to savor, sit down and contemplate, reading only two or three essays at a time. It's powerful, funny, and written with tangential style that pleased my dopamine addicted brain. Also, the TEA on the author's own family and popular authors is piping! 

I'm a huge fan of the author's ability to write on challenging subjects with a balance of humor, reflection, vulnerability and truth. One of my favorite books to date.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

francisco909's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I was gasping and sobbing as I finished this book. As the blurb says, Gurba’s work is ceremony, incredibly important to witness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Stalking, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Racism, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

Thanks to Avid Reader Press for the free copy of this book.

 - CREEP is a collection of essays that are part memoir, part historical exploration, all righteous rage.
- Gurba is a master at channeling her experiences into sentences that cut right to the heart of the problem and of the reader.
- This book is a tough read. But if you're up for it, it's a truly excellent excoriation of the many overlapping systems that make space for predators to thrive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Cursing, Addiction, Antisemitism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Violence

auteaandtales's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Sexual assault