Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

8 reviews

laurenleigh's review

dark tense slow-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

3.5

I’m getting to the end of the year where I have random reading challenge prompts left, and this was my pick for Nordic Noir. I love a mystery detective novel, but the super dark, explicit, gritty quality to Nordic Noir just turns me off. Maybe I just wasn’t enjoying it, but it also felt like there could have been some editing. They are certain they found the culprit like five times before they actually solve the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Body horror

itsjadenbaby's review

dark tense slow-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

2.0

This was simply not a book for me. The amount of times I started and stopped reading was absurd. It was really giving me reading slump vibes. However, if I’m going to say something positive about it (and I will since I know some people would and have eaten this book up) it would be that the author is very creative. I haven’t read murders like this before. Nor have I read a plot or reasoning for killing like this before! I don’t think that makes up for how convoluted and confusing the whole plot and story structure was, but it’s something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

Minor: Gun violence

danajoy's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

nightswim78's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Body horror

acesnsk8s's review

dark mysterious

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

Note about police brutality tw: book is not about police brutality, but protag is your standard rogue cop who feels above the law. If that's a problem, give it a pass.

leoniemacleod's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

This could’ve been much, much shorter. I don’t see the 5-star hype but it was pretty good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

breezer's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

Major misogynistic overtones and unchallenged sexism made this a tough read. (Think male authors writing women Twitter feed) Had some redemption in the small bits of action and atmosphere we got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Terminal illness

alylentz's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Read this for a class--really long, the translation can make it a little clunky at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual violence