Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

28 reviews

pucksandpaperbacks's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A slice of life, coming-of-age graphic novel about Black, Brown, Asian, & Hawaiian girls existing in their 9th-grade year of high school. The girls all bond through basketball and learning the game together. There are great conversations in this, especially about girl's sports teams not being seen as important as opposed to boy's teams. The illustrations were beautiful and intricate!

However, the cast of characters was very large and I tended to get confused at times trying to keep up with the large cast. 

I really enjoyed this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Misogyny

suzyreadsbooks's review

dark emotional slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Death of parent and Drug abuse

Student-teacher relationship, discussions of weight, voyeurism

vonni's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

Most of these graphic and moderate content warnings are either challenged by the main characters or explored in supportive ways (towards the survivors) by various characters.

betweentheshelves's review

emotional 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

While I love how colorful this is, there are some pages that are too dark and are a bit difficult to read. I wish some of the text was made to stand out more at times. But the illustrations and the art are absolutely gorgeous. I loved it for that.

Someone looking for a plot driven book definitely won't find it here. This book is more about this group of girls, how they come together, and how they deal with different problems in their lives. Their lives are messy, like most people's lives are. Leong portrays them so well, both in story and in art. It sucks you into their little world and doesn't let go until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault

There is intent for sexual assault, but it gets stopped before it happens.

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm so glad so many of my friends were reading this in the past few weeks because it gave me some serious FOMO... I finally sat down and read this one and was not at all disappointed. I am forever here for a coming-of-age story about friendship and family and working together to overcoming hardship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Fatphobia

emusing's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I just loved it. I read it in one evening, but I think I'll need to go back and revisit some of the more poetic parts at least. The art is beautiful and the coloring is a very cool, shifting monochromatic look in various bright colors. Some of the lettering is hard to read if you don't have good lighting, and I don't know if this is just me, but I had a hard time differentiating Jetta from some of the other characters for the first half of the book. I would be all for reading more about these characters, since many of them have deeper stories behind them, but the ending to the book was satisfying and hopeful. It didn't feel at all unfinished, and I just savored the friendships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

While I think the book deals very well with these dark topics, it portrays the character's struggles in a real and nuanced way that may be triggering for some.

annalisaely's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The illustrations are gorgeous, the themes are moving and fascinating, including sexism in sports, friends that come and go, how different people deal with stressful and toxic home lives while trying to go to school, the unifying power of working as a team, and the power women have when they stand by each other. It's a slice of life story, not heavy on plot, but there is a progression from the beginning to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

laure's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse