Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

17 reviews

hallowini's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Islamophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Cursing, Fatphobia, Addiction, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

lemonsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Torture, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Animal death, Classism, Religious bigotry, Infertility, Gun violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Bullying, and Blood

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Abandonment, Sexism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

Minor: Terminal illness, Animal death, Infidelity, Self harm, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Slavery, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

silea's review against another edition

The main character starts catching feelings for the dude who not only enabled her husband’s domestic violence but also was overheard encouraging another man to escalate his domestic violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit and Infertility

kassy182's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was amazing and hilarious and I have so many new insults to add to my repertoire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Bullying, and Rape

Moderate: Gore, Ableism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Classism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Vomit, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

emoweaboo's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

i love women so much
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In a clever story wrapped in dark humour, Shroff takes us along with Geeta and half a dozen women from her villages on a journey to become "self-made widows" and get rid of useless, abusive men. A surprisingly funny read, but that I had a tremendously hard time getting into it. I was losing hope around the 45% mark, but then the pace suddenly picked up, and the story went way faster and became way more interesting. Another hindrance was that the audiobook reader had an odd way of pronouncing Gujarati names and bits in Hindi - which took a lot of patience to get over. But besides that, the story is original, empowering and puts forward the importance of community. Female friendships are truly wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Infertility, and Police brutality

mtnest's review against another edition

Too much swearing/taking the Lord’s name in vain. There are some truly funny moments and love learning about the culture but just so tired of the excessive cussing. Definitely not healthy relationships either. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit