Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

4 reviews

aristarcodisamo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Kidnapping, Addiction, Torture, Drug abuse, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Cursing, Classism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Car accident, Outing, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Suicide attempt

frekdal's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

booklinensinker's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a very dark and disturbing novel. I loved it. I am a thriller lover but I also really enjoy books with characters that I love to hate. I read and listened in tandem and the narration was done by the author and it was perfect! This knocked my socks off. My only issue was that there really was no solid resolution, but it didn't really matter because the novel was more about the characters and the setting and the lifestyle that was being portrayed. Others have complained about the superficial aspects of the novel, however this is exactly the way these characters were meant to be seen and understood. I loved the depravity of it all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Drug use, Homophobia, Classism, and Misogyny

valeriekate's review

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Outing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Infidelity, Rape, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Hate crime, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, and Homophobia