Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

65 reviews

elysedc's review

dark sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent

veelaughtland's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Eating disorder

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Awad’s debut flies under the radar in comparison to her other books, but as usual she is unique and excellent and I enjoyed every second of her brilliant writing in this book. Pinpoint observations and her sparkling and specific brand of humour.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder

njurdi93's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent

brigid_'s review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

I hate the title of this book and genuinely hated this book zero stars until about 80% of the way through. Then I started to think of it as story about a woman who is dealing with a society-driven psychosis and how the book is could be an exploration into how society ruins peoples lives, so stopped hating it. But also I don’t know if I need to participate in that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

tealightfultomes's review

Reads like a teenager's diary, but written by a much older woman who vaguely remembers how it is to be a teen but has lost a lot of the details. Found it too cringey and honestly it was trying too hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

sumi_the_polyglot's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Body shaming

paigesofbookss's review against another edition

challenging emotional relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Gaslighting

anna_2022's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent