Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

41 reviews

lulusreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Bullying, Violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Classism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer

becca303's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Outing, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Cancer, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

lydialou419's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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

4.0

Let me start by saying I'm a pretty big fan of Penelope Douglas. While I did thoroughly enjoy this book, I just didn’t enjoy it as much as some of her others! 

I had a really hard time empathizing with the “bully” character in this bully romance. I do think Douglas did a great job illustrating some very real conflicts certain communities face and I loved that she did that! 

Overall, it was a nice journey of self discovery. Would definitely recommend to a friend.

As always, check your trigger warnings before reading. 

Happy Reading 😮‍💨📚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Classism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Abortion, and Suicide

adriana_azamar20's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

HOLY SHIIIIIIT OMGGGGG!!! I’m in love!!! This book 😫✋🏼 10/10. The story, the build up, the fucking waiting, the love and heartache, the ENDING, everything was perfect 🥳🥰😍😫🥹🏳️‍🌈✨😎

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

thebookishb's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Kidnapping, Bullying, Violence, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Grief

rock_gnome's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Homophobia

bookishchaos's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

Ok so I've got VERY mixed feelings about this one. Really wanted to love it but this book had so many flaws.

First off, I get this was Penelope Douglas's first time writing a F/F love story but she wrote these female characters like alpha males (I've seen other reviews talking about this as well).

Spoilers ahead (very minor tho)

Some of the spicey scenes were icky and cringe. Like weirdly aggressive and forced? Not to mention the book started out with Olivia being underage which felt super unnecessary. Yuck.

Clay also treats Olivia like trash until like 70% into the book. I'm aware this was a bully-romance but the toxicity of this relationship was unrealistic and eye rolling.

Overall the book wasn't awful but wasn't fantastic. It had so much potential but too many flaws which is why I wouldn't recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, and Abortion

ghostie333's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

I overall really enjoyed this book. A lot of spice, not the most graphic but still good. The only thing I have to complain about really is the high school aged characters. Reading graphic sex between high schoolers is a bit off putting to me. But I still found it to be a very good book. Definitely one of my favorite reads this year, I flew through it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Child death, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

faithreadss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship