Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

7 reviews

abirchtealeaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.75

Extremely strong trigger warnings on this book. I think it would be very fair if many people passed it up due to those. 
Outside of that the curse of chalion was absolutely riviting. I was unable to stop reading the last quarter of the book because I had to know how it ended. The mystery while not terribly deep is satisfying and rooted in a strong lore and interesting characters. 
There could be a lot of discourse about this book and I would not disagree that the are bits like the age gap relationsships and more that I think make this book slightly weaker than it should be. 
Still I found the writing extremely pleasesant and the narrator was absolutely stellar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Torture, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Rape

batesbarb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Animal cruelty, and Death

nekoshka's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Misogyny, Animal death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: War, Sexual assault, and Rape

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Murder, War, Rape, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Infertility

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Slavery, and Misogyny

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexism

_valentine's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Misogyny

obviousthings's review

I've really enjoyed what I've read of this book, and I wish I could finish it. Discussion of illness is not something I can handle much of, though, and apparently it plays a large role in the rest of the story. For the sake of my mental health I need to stop here. I would highly recommend the story if that's something you can handle, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Slavery, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Mental illness, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia, Infertility, and Infidelity