Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Tvornica lutaka by Elizabeth Macneal

8 reviews

teresaelj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

God I loved this book. 
The perfect circular way this book was written. 
Iris is the perfect main character, flawed and stunning and kind and passionate and agh! I love her.
The way Macneal mirrors iris and rose and then Louis and Silas is brilliant. The concepts of obsession vs love, male gaze vs female gaze, and the concept of true freedom are explored so beautifully. I cannot recommend this book enough. It is so elegantly told as well as beautifully written. Just stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME????????????????? NO FINAL CHAPTER???????? WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???????
Im gonna scream

no reunion chapter??? Fucking albie????????????WHAT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

midnightcomets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Brutal like beauty and fresh like freedom, this book was a surprise to me, but a good one. I found it very spine-chilling and very interesting, and I really liked the ways in which for every character art and beauty was a different thing, as well as freedom and identity. There is a lot one can discuss about it, and some very interesting historical details were woven into the plot. Honestly, I enjoyed it immensely and will gladly pick up more by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Classism

books_for_the_bat's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Excrement, and Classism

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

WOW. What a read! This is an immediate classic in my mind and I'll be reading it again very soon.

The thing I appreciated the most is how so delightfully balanced the author is with her details. She doesn't shy away from how gross Victorian London was, but she doesn't use it for shock value, either. She is clearly well-researched in the history and language of the time, but she doesn't spoon feed the reader with it. 
It was truly a delight to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

midnacine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

I really loved this. There's a beautiful analogy of art used throughout the story and the characters are all so intriguing. I will definitely be reading this again in the future, but definitely check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

auteaandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Excrement

carlybellesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape