Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

7 reviews

ladybergart's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Misogyny, and Sexual content

bellebeaumont95's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense 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

3.5

 To want what you had—now, that was an art, a gift maybe.

This was sort of a brutal read. I both recognized myself in Lucy and felt repelled by her, often simultaneously. It's very much a deep dive into neurosis, a little addictive, with interesting, tiring, funny, disgusting, moving writing spread throughout. Mostly I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the ending, since it's always tragic when depression has a death toll.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual content, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident

bersblue's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

sperigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This will be a book like nothing you’ve ever read before. Expect to hate the main character, read a lot of sex scenes, and suspend your disbelief when the plot takes a surrealist twist.

Please heed the trigger warnings, but if you think you’re in the right headspace then this is a thought provoking read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Vomit

limpitok's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Mental illness, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

henrytinker's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

3.0

It starts off slow and at the start I found the main character unbearable. But it does pick up once the romance starts, and I thought the musings on codependency, love and addiction were interesting. I also liked the ending. 

The sex scenes the main character has with random men are cringy and uncomfortably relatable. The sex scenes with the merman are spicer than a lot of mainstream romance novels, but if you are expecting monsterfucking this is not the book for you.

I really didn't like how other women in the novel were described. I get that it's about the main character's internalised misogyny but it was excessive and didn't let up. Also didn't like how homeless people were described, or how Theo (the merman) was coded as disabled when on land and how the descriptions of him were uncomfortably ableist (use of the word handicapped, the main character liking that he is dependent on her etc.). I don't think the last was the author's intention, but it's right there and hard to ignore if you are disabled. 

That's not to say it's bad or you shouldn't read it, it's just not going to be for everyone. I feel like this book was kind of marketed as a fun, weird romance when it's actually an existential novel about depression and love addiction. Also didn't particularly find it funny, but there are definitely some insightful observations in there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Classism

roraisabella's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

2.75

this book was enjoyable, but i just couldn’t get past how insufferable the main character is. she is terrible and selfish and while that might be the point i don’t know, i just couldn’t enjoy her never-ending monologues. her internalised misogyny is too much. the love scenes were good but not a lot else. don’t read this if suicide themes, animal abuse and addiction trigger you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Excrement, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, Medical content, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt