Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

14 reviews

gellyreads's review against another edition

Do I understand what she's doing? Yes, I think so. I get that the exposure of

child porn

and their obsession with it is to show how far society has fallen that this is just readily available and to foreshadow how terrible these characters are. But this on top of the

weird mutant animals

is just too much for me. I have too many other books I want to read more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Pedophilia

earthtomanda's review

adventurous dark funny

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow. My first full-length Atwood novel, and I am amazed at just how many aspects of humanity she is able to capture. While the plot should seem fantastical, she stays firmly in the plausible and (perhaps) the likely. Many scenes are incredibly graphic though, so tread lightly if that’s a concern — Going through the content warnings, it was hard to find something that wasn’t at least mentioned in this book.

I did struggle with how prominent discussion of sexual abuse towards children was. It was incredibly disturbing. I am still grappling with why that was a necessary inclusion — though it is Atwood, and I’m sure it was not done without some thought. Also, Jimmy can fight me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, and Suicide

frankenqueer's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

smeagol357's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

I loved this book so much. It dragged me over broken glass, put me on soft mattresses, and then whacked me in the head unexpectedly. Has to be one of the best books I’ve ever read. Strongly recommend to everyone. Do not ignore the trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, and Suicide attempt

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

Maggie A youre such a slay
What an icon
This is quite fucked and and quite fucking wonderful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Rape, Grief, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Classism, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Trafficking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Abandonment

raru's review

dark medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, War, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Sexism

kerttuli's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Death, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Gore

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Body horror, Medical content, and Homophobia

parkerluck's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Death, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Rape, and Alcohol

poetry_shaman's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Death, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Cursing, Kidnapping, Classism, and Genocide

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

uhhjeepers's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This was incredibly mid for me. I truly believe if Atwood just wrote about the past in this novel, I would've liked it substantially better, even if I found essentially every character to be the most hatable person ever. The story itself had a lot of promise and, I will admit, was interesting once I completed the book. But I prefer a read that, even if it isn't perfect throughout, I can still care for it while I'm reading it. This was not that read for me. I think someone else could surely read this and feel everything I was missing. It's not that it was a bad novel, but I think some aspects were handled poorly and were rather gratuitous.

i.e. Oryx as an entire character that was sex trafficked but held absolutely no resentment whatsoever??? (I know there could be nuance there but if she was trying, Atwood missed the mark for me). Also, the blatant misogyny which I get was supposed to be unlikable in Crake but was perhaps supposed to be redeemable in Jimmy/Snowman??? Just really, really missed the mark. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, and Adult/minor relationship