Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

7 reviews

haleymaple's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Well written. The author does a good job making you see and feel what she’s writing about. This can be very uncomfortable becuase of some of the content (lots of trigger warnings here). But, I know I felt the way I felt in large part because of how it was written. It’s not an easy book at all, as we take a journey about choices, hurt, pain, love, divorce, and how a place can become part of you. The time line used to tell the story was a little too all over the place - it made it hard to follow. But maybe that was the idea? I’ll be thinking about this one for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicide and Eating disorder

lindsayhotrod's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Infidelity, Incest, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Child death, and Classism

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Dementia, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

annikjakober's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Infidelity, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Cancer

juli_powers's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Infertility, and Cancer

leahrosiee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Grief, Drug use, and Infertility

ciaracullen's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

qamidala27's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing slow-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

4.5

Triggers:rape, family deaths

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship