Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

There There by Tommy Orange

43 reviews

mountain_adventures's review against another edition

sad 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

5.0

Spectacular book. I could not put it down. The story is told from multiple points of view and eventually all weaves together. You have to really pay attention in the beginning to remember who is who, but that resolves itself by about halfway when the stories start to weave together. There is a lot of content in this book that bother sensitive readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Gore, Body shaming, Car accident, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, and Abortion

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder, Alcohol, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Colonisation, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Drug use, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, Torture, War, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, Body horror, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Excrement, and Rape

kailaelders's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

This book was interesting in the first half, you could feel what it was building to with just the right amount of hints dropped while introducing us to the characters and building our investment in them. It pays off in the second half, which is exciting and tragic and suspenseful not just because of the terrible event that occurs but also the way these characters come (or don't come) together. I really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mass/school shootings

allisoncc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Genocide, Child death, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

ambercchen's review against another edition

emotional tense

4.75

if a single book from the current moment should become a classic, it should be this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Fatphobia, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Wow. This book was a sucker-punch to the gut by the end, but such a poignant and important read. I appreciated the mix of the author’s personal voice on more fact-based pieces interspersed throughout the book and I loved the large cast of characters. Tommy Orange did a wonderful job weaving together the lives of so many in a believable and riveting way. I highly recommend this book, but prepare to be devastated by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Cancer, and Car accident

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful look into many different Native people’s lives. Surprisingly it didn’t take long to get used to and remember the characters (my personal favorite was Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield’s!!) and the stories were all great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Murder, Colonisation, Alcohol, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual assault, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Animal cruelty, and Abandonment

mekowaletti's review

challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Rape, Colonisation, Ableism, and Abandonment

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Domestic abuse