Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

11 reviews

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

abby_can_read's review

lighthearted 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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This book was fine. I struggled to care about the plot and the characters. The characters were decent, the plot was alright, and the writing style was okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship and Stalking

lakinglaze's review

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This story was cute. I didn’t like the characters in the beginning, but they grow on you throughout. It gets a lot better at the end of the story. Not really my kind of thing, but I appreciated all the sci-fi/fantasy references. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.5

Absolutely fun and whimsical, a real palate cleanser of a book. The comedy-of-errors in the gender-bent Prince and the Pauper plot line are so cute, and any attendee of DragonCon will be charmed by the many homages.

That said, avoid this book if you don’t like pop culture references, because I don’t think a single sentence occurs without one (I understood maybe half of them?). Be forewarned that the HP references are plentiful.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming and Misogyny

courtnoodles's review

emotional lighthearted fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol and Body shaming

jodierose14's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship

ashleycmms's review

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment

plumpaperbacks's review

lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.0

This was a very fun, quick read, with great character dynamics and a lot of pop culture and fandom references, a few of which made me especially happy to see. I admire Poston for creating an entire franchise and fandom specifically for her books, and appreciate that she used her story as a way to comment on the toxic side many fandoms have. 

That aside, while I did like this book, I wasn’t truly attached to the characters. I continued reading because I was curious, rather than truly invested.

Also, I wish we’d gotten a bit more from the ending, especially regarding the two budding romances. I shipped both of them for the majority of the story, and was a bit disappointed by the lack of details after feelings were finally confirmed to be mutual.

Representation

• sapphic protagonist
• Japanese side character
• Black sapphic side character
• sapphic romance (f/f)
• queer side characters (includes two sapphic couples and one achillean (m/m))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Bullying

Minor: Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is tagged because there’s a brief scene where one of the protagonists is groped. Also, I wasn’t sure what to tag it, but this book does mention Harry Potter and Hogwarts houses in passing.

val_books_of_leisure's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

booksandcat's review

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexism