Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The List by Yomi Adegoke

40 reviews

catofbones's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Gaslighting

greads2's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This books was so engaging and had a unique premise. It tackled a difficult subjects in an interesting way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

aseel_reads's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Not sure how I felt about this one. From the get go, you know it's going to be hard for the author to write a complete story, which way to go, will it be a cliche etc. I felt that the author did a good job of showing the grey and the middle ground reaction and action of the characters. The last chapter was such a random plot twist, not sure how I felt about it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Alcoholism

Minor: Gaslighting, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Racism, Mental illness, Stalking, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

peachani's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, Suicide, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

lilinn_aion's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Bullying, Racial slurs, Suicide, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

e11en's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Suicide

ashcanpete's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexism, Car accident, Mental illness, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

This book is probably every man's nightmare, and

the fact that it is due to another man who lied and wrote in a false allegation about another man due to *vengeance* as a scorned lover is beyond fucked, but also fitting, because cishet men and toxic masculinity will kill us all.

Ola and Michael are a month out from their wedding when "the list" is published on Twitter and only live for 24 hours. Ola works at a feminist magazine called Womxxxn, often sparking conversations around misogyny, toxic masculinity, and the horrors of the patriarchy. Ola sees that Michael is on the list, shown as

a perpetrator of "assault at a Christmas office party"

. She must now reckon with what this means, as Ola is the face of intersectional feminism, and what a bad look to have your fiance on this list of abusive assholes. Major yikes. Michael sifts through his brain to attempt to figure out who could be behind these allegations, and all that he can come up with is a past situationship, Jackie.

I think Yomi Adegoke provided an intriguing story that forces us to think about abuse allegations, especially since there is a very real history of men of color specifically having these lies wielded against them. I think it would have been better executed if

it indeed was a white woman who false accused Michael, so we could actually have a dialogue about how ww specifically have brought such danger to men of color. However, since it was another man, a jealous, spiteful man, I struggle with the messaging and the goal of this work. I sped through it in one afternoon, and was thoroughly engaged. However, I just am left wondering if the message is to not always believe survivors because sometimes, other men make up lies about men who have had affairs with their wives?! I just ... I'm struggling.

I do think the part I related most to was Ola's perspective, in her oscillation between 'should I believe Michael?' or 'where there's smoke, there's fire!' It is an authentic struggle that speaks to our times specifically because of how watchful our social media/the public can be, but also because it's easy to believe survivors when your loved ones aren't being accused. It's harder work to confront the fact that people in your inner circle can be capable of abuse and violence. Yet, it happens all the time. Moms defend their sons. Wives defend their husbands. Daughters defend their dads. Swearing up and down, they could do no wrong, and that survivors are lying. I think that's where the real meat of this book lies, and it felt most fascinating to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Misogyny

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

An interesting concept with 3d characters, i do think that the q+a section with the authors and one of the narrators was very good and added a lot of context to the writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death, Misogyny, Outing, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

jwhit7's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment