Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

76 reviews

jmq23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I think a lot of the themes kind of went over my head when i read it. I’m going to have to give it a more in depth read and i’ll probably also have to annotate it too in order to understand. but i loved it, it was meaningful and relatable and the prose was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

adorabug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape

dhritigupta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

it took me a bit to get through this, but i still liked it! i felt like i was too dumb to fully understand the stories a lot of the time, but many of them still stuck with me! the writing was beautiful the whole way through, but some stories i wanted to know what was going on a bit more!! my faves were mothers, inventory, real women have bodies and eight bites. however, even with the ones i didn’t get as much, i’m still thinking about them, bc they grow on you by the time you finish the story. like with especially heinous and the resident i’m still thinking about the perfect eeriness, even if i didn’t love them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

ouroredux's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

msradiosilence's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

cecewiniarski's review against another edition

5.0

SUCH an incredible book with so many important topics. Machado's writing is unreal. Read TWs before reading, some topics are dark 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

jbogerhawkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

blymanor's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

A collection of short stories covering topics such as abuse, boundaries and politics. I loved it, though some stories were better than others. My favourite was the Mothers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Rape, Vomit, and Murder