Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

15 reviews

samantha_is_reading's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

It was just ok…I didn’t get the hype. I feel like they tried to cram so many issues in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual content, Drug use, Mental illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Outing, Child death, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, and Fatphobia

jenna_justi2004's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

chloevienna's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Abortion, and Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

lybrarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

After struggling with and subsequently DNFing my previous read, I decided to give this book a reread after several years (probably around the time the film came out) since it was short and hopefully would pull me out of the reading slump I was in. It definitely worked. 
This book covers a lot of really difficult topics, but I think it handles them well. It truly encapsulates teen life, at least what teen life had felt like to me. Reading this now in my twenties was definitely a different experience to when I read it last as a young teen, and I noticed a lot of things I missed previously and understood it a lot better. I'm really glad I have given it a reread. I think this book is well-written and shows Charlie's growth as a person within the writing itself. Recently I've seen quite a few people talk about this book after not enjoying it, which is perfectly fine, but for me it is still a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Abortion, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide and Cursing

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

shewantsthediction's review

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis