History YMMV / TheWoman

* CompleteMonster: In this novel, which was later made into [[Film/TheWoman a film]], [[AmoralAttorney Chris Cleek]], the patriarch of the Cleek family, is an extreme [[HeManWomanHater misogynyst]] and {{Domestic Abuse}}r. Upon encountering the titular woman in the woods, he kidnaps and imprisons her within a fruit cellar, under the guise of civilizing her. In reality, he intends on dominating her, whether it be through several types of torture, such as using a high pressure power washer to bathe her, or by raping her. It's revealed later on in the novel that Cleek had raped [[ParentalIncest his daughter]], Peggy, each night, which culminates in her being pregnant with [[ChildByRape his child]]. When Miss Raton, Peggy's teacher, confronts him on this, he knocks her out, and feeds her to his dogs; the scene also reveals that Cleek had a daughter, who suffered from anophthalmia (no eyes), imprisoned in the barn, thus causing her to revert to an animalistic state. Misogynistic and depraved, Cleek didn't care who he had to hurt to make his fantasies a reality.

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:Chris turns out to have a second feral cannibal woman under lock and key, a secret other daughter who he let live as a dog since birth because of her [[EyelessFace medical condition]].]]

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: If it is supposed to be a sequel to ''Offspring''.

* CompleteMonster: In this novel, which was later made into [[Film/TheWoman a film]], [[AmoralAttorney Chris Cleek]], the patriarch of the Cleek family, is an extreme [[HeManWomanHater misogynyst]] and DomesticAbuser. Upon encountering the titular woman in the woods, he kidnaps and imprisons her within a fruit cellar, under the guise of civilizing her. In reality, he intends on dominating her, whether it be through several types of torture, such as using a high pressure power washer to bathe her, or by raping her. It's revealed later on in the novel that Cleek had raped [[ParentalIncest his daughter]], Peggy, each night, which culminates in her being pregnant with [[ChildByRape his child]]. When Miss Raton, Peggy's teacher, confronts him on this, he knocks her out, and feeds her to his dogs; the scene also reveals that Cleek had a daughter, who suffered from anophthalmia (no eyes), imprisoned in the barn, thus causing her to revert to an animalistic state. Misogynistic and depraved, Cleek didn't care who he had to hurt to make his fantasies a reality.

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:Chris turns out to have a second feral cannibal woman under lock and key.]]
** [[spoiler: She's actually another of his daughters, who he let live as a dog since birth because of her [[EyelessFace medical condition]].]]

** His son, [[Main/TeensAreMonsters Brian]], is equally bad. His EstablishingCharacterMoment shows him sitting by and staring while a group of bullies gang up on a little girl, and he only gets progressively worse from there. When he has some time alone in his classroom, he takes a girl's hair curler from her purse and puts a chewed stick of gum on it, so that when she uses it again, it hurts when she asks him to pull it out, and he's only stopped because she asked him to. He also subtly terrorizes his sisters, and takes an apparent hatred to the dogs. Brian's depravity all comes to a head when he goes down to the cellar to rape and [[Main/ColdBloodedTorture torture the Woman with a pair of pliers]], and finally, shows nothing but glee when Cleek's inbred child tears Miss Raton to pieces.

** His son, [[Main/TeensAreMonsters Brian]], though lacking in his father's subtleties, is equally bad. His EstablishingCharacterMoment shows him sitting by and staring while a group of bullies gang up on a little girl, and he only gets progressively worse from there. When he has some time alone in his classroom, he takes a girl's hair curler from her purse and puts a chewed stick of gum on it, so that when she uses it again, it hurts her

* CompleteMonster: [[AmoralAttorney Chris Cleek]], the patriarch of the Cleek family, is an extreme take on [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]]. Upon encountering the titular woman in the woods, he kidnaps and imprisons her within a fruit cellar, under the guise of civilizing her. In reality, he intends on dominating her whether it be through several types of torture, such as using a high pressure power washer to bathe her, or by raping her. It's revealed later on in the novel that Cleek had raped [[ParentalIncest his daughter]], Peggy, each night, which culminates in her being pregnant with [[{{Squick}} his child]]. When Miss Raton, Peggy's teacher, confronts him on this, he knocks her out, and feeds her to his dogs; the scene also reveals that Cleek had a daughter, who suffered from anophthalmia, imprisoned in the barn, thus causing her to revert to an animalistic state. Misogynistic and depraved, Cleek didn't care who he had to hurt to make his fantasies a reality.

* CompleteMonster: [[AmoralAttorney Chris Cleek]], the patriarch of the Cleek family, is an extreme take on [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]]. Upon encountering the titular woman in the woods, he kidnaps and imprisons her within a fruit cellar, under the guise of civilizing her. In reality, he intends on dominating her whether it be through several types of torture, such as using a high pressure power washer to bathe her, or by raping her. It's revealed later on in the novel that Cleek had raped [[ParentalIncest his daughter]], Peggy, each night, which culminates in her being pregnant with [[{Squick}} his child]]. When Miss Raton, Peggy's teacher, confronts him on this, he knocks her out, and feeds her to his dogs; the scene also reveals that Cleek had a daughter, who suffered from anophthalmia, imprisoned in the barn, thus causing her to revert to an animalistic state. Misogynistic and depraved, Cleek didn't care who he had to hurt to make his fantasies a reality.

** [[spoiler: She's actually another of his daughters, who he let live as a dog since birth because of her medical condition.]]

* CompleteMonster: Chris and Brian.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o3lUAZLB4JY#! The antics that went on]] at the Sundance Q&A screening gave the film a lot of free press, to the point where some have claimed that the man was a plant.

** [[spoiler: [[ItGotWorse She's actually another of his daughters, who he let live as a dog since birth because of her medical condition.]]]]

* ShockingSwerve: Chris turns out to have a second feral cannibal woman under lock and key.