Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

84 reviews

auroralcrow's review against another edition

I didn't enjoy the main character's internal monologue and the book had too many references to thinness equating to beauty in the first chapters of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I went into this book knowing nothing, and right from the beginning I couldn't put it down. I read this in a single day--less than twelve hours, during which I had things to do (like, uh, work). I really enjoyed almost everything about this book, and would definitely recommend it, especially for the queer aspects and the way it brings together the past and present in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body shaming, Car accident, Misogyny, Racism, Outing, Homophobia, Biphobia, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Death, Cursing, Classism, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Police brutality, Pedophilia, War, Incest, Drug use, Death of parent, and Addiction

susasa88's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

Old Hollywood is a great setting for romance. Peeking behind the curtain to see what scandals are and aren’t talked about in Hollywood is fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Abortion, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, and Fatphobia

taymorton20's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. It made me laugh, cry, gasp and cheer out loud! It reads like you’re watching a fantastic biopic. The characters were so well written that I felt like I was a part of the story sometimes, which made me so sad to finish this book. Great LGBTQ and BIPOC representation. Great stand alone novel. I will be recommending this book for years!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Abortion

strawberryteaii's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

I love and feel such a connection to Evelyn Hugo, despite her flaws and obviously having a much more difficult and dramatic life to me. I feel it wrapped up very nicely and was both much how, and nothing at all, like I predicted it to end. 
Everyone in this book is so deeply complex and well written and I love them all but they all give me grief and headaches. And I can't think of anything more real than that. 
It feels like Marilyn Monroe, every devastating Taylor Swift song  and the heartache of being sapphic came together and wrote a book. 

Some Evelyn quotes to further inspire you to read this masterpiece:

to be honest, I would have thrown every single one of them in front of a moving train to get a part. And I think they would have done the same to me.

Be wary of men with something to prove. 

Heartbreak is loss. Divorce is a piece of paper

All this being said I do have one issue with this book that I have yet to see addressed.

TW: eating disorders, fat shaming,

suicide

Throughout the book there were instances that promoted valuing being thin, and doing what it takes to get that, and moments were characters look back in shame on moments were they were chubbier. Was not a fan of that at all. I kept waiting for the book to address it, for it to say something reflective about Evelyn and Celia's subtle eating disorders, for it to be something Evelyn regrets in a way, or at least discourages. This book is very heavy on talk about body and using your body and what its value is, and I never ever saw a warning on any recommendation videos I saw. That was strange to me. I also feel like there should've been more mention of Evelyn's decision at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Physical abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Biphobia, Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Child abuse

sadetin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Sexual assault

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

It’s a very well written book and I do genuinely recommend it with all my heart. However, it is not void of flaws. I strongly recommend seeking out some opinions from POC (especially Latinx and Black POC) about this book and how it talks about race before reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

k_bb's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

I didn’t expect to like this book, but it was actually quite enjoyable. It’s written in a very accessible manner and reads easily. The plot is quite interesting and I didn’t expect the twist at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

malfoyyyyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Outing, Infidelity, Grief, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Child death, Cancer, and Body shaming

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Biphobia

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, Outing, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Incest, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, Body shaming, Blood, and Alcoholism