Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Seed by Ania Ahlborn

2 reviews

hick's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Child death, Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Dementia, Cursing, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

This was an interesting take on the family curse idea, but I just didn't think it was that well-executed. None of the characters are particularly memorable, and I think the possession happens too fast - the father thinks often about what the daughter used to be like, but she's barely ever like that on the page so it's hard to get invested. The writing uses a lot of mangled metaphors and weird adjectives (so many things are skittering, someone’s dialogue slithers, hearts are hammering in people's chests like three times per page). Also I know it's part of the theme of inevitability but SO many times in this book the main character would think of what he should do and then just completely fail to do it and it got really annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Forced institutionalization