Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

46 reviews

jabletowns's review against another edition

It was surprisingly boring given the fun tropes involved but also was disheartening in its unironic embrace of bodyshaming and ableism. Had to throw with great force. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Ableism

katrinasherise's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I loved this book so much. However I could have entirely done without the significant fat phobia in several chapters of this book. That aside, I was totally engrossed in this story. I love that I didn’t have any clue what the ending would be. I was thoroughly shocked at several points in the story. The story was extremely clever and exciting. And an interesting look into values and morals of character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, and Infidelity

One character is a serial rapist. No rape happens in the book but is mentioned during his chapters. One character is FREQUENTLY described in fat phobic descriptors. The story is about murder and several occur including descriptions, blood, guns, drowning, injury, stabbing, etc. lots of drug and alcohol use. Description of a child’s murder. Things that will really spoil the ending/reveals:

Infidelity, children from that infidelity. Murder by suicide and plots of faking a suicide.

lucyselim's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Ableism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

thevieira's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Ableism, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Rape, Child death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

marabdelmageed's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

A very interesting book -- I don't usually read mystery books, but this one was hard to put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

vmp5062's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I think there were sime really interesting ideas in this book, but I didnt enjoy the authors writing. To start there's a healthy bit of misogyny (looking back Im not sure this book passes the bechdel test), and the ableism is fairly intense as our main character keeps changing bodies and reacts to each one. I also found myself disappointed with the ending. It felt abrupt and frankly I think this book didnt include the parts that would be most interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Torture

mamaquiereleer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The way every detail in this book is important to the plot and everything is revealed in the end still has me in shock. This book was fantastically written as well.  I couldn’t put this book down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Rape

hilaryreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Minor: Ableism

aquakerwitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I really wasn’t enjoying this book for ages. I found it difficult to get into and the fatphobia when the narrator was inhabiting a fat body was astounding and put me off a lot. The last third, however, I found much more gripping and the end satisfying, if a little cheesy and preachy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Ableism, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Child death, Body shaming, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Torture

sheeky's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

TBA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Rape