Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

29 reviews

laurynkelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Incest, Racism, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Adult/minor relationship

allegrayr00's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Incest

Moderate: Gaslighting, Confinement, and Misogyny

sarasanchez's review against another edition

challenging dark

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism and Misogyny

bespokecompost's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Hard to know what to say about this, well-written, compelling, and awful in equal parts, I haven’t felt drawn in by a book like this in a while but it was mostly just to see how much more Dr. A Norton Perina could tell on himself before the end. Esme didn’t deserve any of this. I don’t think I would recommend this to anyone going in completely blind like I did, but it was very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Misogyny

gracereadsx's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Dementia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, and Rape

salexi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Dementia

kvdb's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

msnopek's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Sexual assault

ennzito24's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This is a beautifully written book that discusses the horrors of colonialism and the unethical scientific practices of the 20th century. It is very dark and heavy, and you are essentially experiencing the story from the perspective of a very horrible person. I've never read anything like this and I personally found it to be memorable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexism

novelspirits's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Misogyny, Violence, and Animal death