Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

88 reviews

lizlikes_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Idk what this was but I loved it good for her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body shaming, Murder, Vomit, Eating disorder, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual assault

laurenelisewrites's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Such incredible prose. The descriptions of body horror were simple yet effective. I felt fully immersed in the world, Marlinchen’s head and the fucked nature of her family dynamics. I loved the ending. I’m a sucker for “happy endings”, if one can even call it that. Everything felt resolved in a satisfying, logical and responsible way. I want a movie adaptation of this asap!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

punziereads3's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Eating disorder, and Cannibalism

itsmaryhell's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Vomit, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Juniper and Thorn reminded me of a beautiful sweater I have.  It's gorgeous, warm, and looks good on me. But it's also itchy and uncomfortable and I'm always aware I'm wearing it. This story was beautifully told, but it was coarse and unpleasant.  I never lost myself in it.  The hypersexualization of every scenario was distracting and distasteful.   It's clear the sex scenes were not meant to be titillating so I question why the author didn't use a more closed-door approach.  The abuse and eating disorder plot points were too rampant and unnecessarily triggering.   The story was as grim as those of old.  The language and descriptions were precise. The characters were well-developed, even if some of their actions and motivations were questionable.  I didn't enjoy it, but others might.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Body horror, Confinement, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Self harm, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

leneso_'s review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

Obsessing, cruel and dark…and also magical and romantic ! I really liked it, I absolutely love the writing style of Ava Reid. This was a challenging read though because it was so dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Blood

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book sits at the exact intersection of dark fairytale and gothic horror. I absolutely loved it and will definitely be reading Ava Reid’s other books! You will love this if you enjoy gothic atmospheres, monstrous women, unreliable narrators and a bit of body horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infertility, Gun violence, and Incest

emmablue's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

inconsistentfruitcake's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Very very heavy… A fascinating read, and required quite a lot of mulling over for me. I think it’s good to go into this book without knowing anything of the plot but absolutely necessary to check content warnings. seriously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Body shaming, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

anntharai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Self harm, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Medical trauma