Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

2 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review

I made it to book 2 chapter 4 and the main character is is incredibly unlikeable and honestly kinda whiny that i had to just give up. Also there is hardly any action as well. Like 3 cool parts up till this point. The rest is like lore and politics 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Classism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

Unsure how to rate this currently. I don't know I was pretty meh about this.

Rep: Achillean Black male side character, achillean male side character, two sapphic female side characters, various BIPOC side characters.

CWs: Alcohol consumption/alcoholism, animal death, blood, body shaming, child abuse, cursing, death, death of parent, fire/fire injury, gore, homophobia, injury/injury detail, misogyny, murder, religious bigotry, sexism, sexual content, torture, violence, war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War