Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

31 reviews

carolined314's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A hard book to read; so much trauma packed into such a young girl's life. Also a tale of hope and strength, just be careful.
 Content warnings: murder, misogyny, domestic abuse, fatphobia, racism, animal abuse, sexual harassment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Fatphobia

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Misogyny

whatcassiedid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, and Murder

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

This book was amazing. Although it delt with difficult subjects like poverty, murder, sexism, and domestic abuse our main character is spirited Camila, a young adult, who might not always make the right decisions, but tries to stay true to herself and achieve her dreams of being a futbolella (female soccer player) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

I'm not that into sports, but I found this book to be quite beautiful. I loved getting to know more about Argentine culture and the Ni Una Menos movement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

zeebookdragon's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny and Infidelity

noyastan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Murder, Child death, and Sexual violence

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

inspiring 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

3.75

This book was an excellent exploration of patriarchy in Latin America and how that affects the advancement of women outside of the roles assigned to them by society. Camila is an Argentinian teenager of Middle Eastern descent who wishes to become a professional soccer player, against the wishes of her parents. Her father is abusive, unhappy, and sexist man. Unfortunately we see how some of his attitudes trickle down to his son (Camila's brother) Pablo. There is a particular conversation between Pablo and Camila that highlights this. It is pertaining to the recent murder of a local young woman. Pablo believes that her death could have been avoided had she not been out so late at night, effectively blaming the victim for the tragedy. Despite adopting some of his father's thoughts on issues like this, he is also another victim in his household. Pablo's father consistently compares him to others in terms of where he is in his soccer career and expresses his disappointment in his son's aspirations. Pablo serves as a foil for Camila as well. By the end of the story, he makes choices about his life that are the opposite of Camila's. Whether those choices are damning or not is open to interpretation. However, I found it incredibly interesting that Camila and him end up in seemingly opposite positions than at the beginning of the story. 

Throughout the book it feels like Camila is encased in this protective bubble by the men around her, including her love interest, Diego. As the story progresses, Camila takes steps to gain her independence and prioritize what she wants despite her circumstances. She bumps into opposition in this process and is forced to reevaluate her relationships with the men around her. Overall, I think the men in the story are given nuance. Overall, with the exception of maybe Camila's father, have good intentions. However, those intentions don't always translate well into seeing Camila as a respectable and independent equal that does not require rescuing. Overall, I think Camila is able to gain the respect of most of the men in her as well as her own mother. Camila's mother also finds her own independence as Camila finds hers and by the end is happier for it. 

In terms of representation, Camila is of Arabic descent and also has an Arabic last name. Her friend Roxana is also an Argentine with Asian parents. I appreciated that these details about the characters highlighted that Latinxs have diverse backgrounds. We also see Roxana's wealth and the support her family provides her juxtaposed against the poverty and lack of support Camila has from her family. They do have issues that they face and eventually overcome throughout the book in their relationship. I think their friendship was well written and compelling and I always love seeing that in books.

If you are looking for a story that is hopeful and has excellent character development and commentary on machismo culture I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Infidelity

lordefarquaad's review

challenging inspiring medium-paced

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

3.0

Thoroughly enjoyed! Will definitely reread in the future.

edit i forgot what this book was about lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Pedophilia

arlangrey17's review

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism