Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Fato e Furia by Lauren Groff

9 reviews

virgcole398's review against another edition

 I wasn’t a fan of the writing style or the blatant fat phobia 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

soph_leman's review against another edition

Groff is a talented writer, but I was disappointed that in Fates and Furies, the reader must wade through (and risk drowning in) near-constant fatphobia to get to the book’s merit. Groff uses descriptions of fatness to communicate a character’s inferiority, moral degradation or pitiable state. Frequent descriptions of the protagonists’ thinness ran alongside this. It was distracting to the point where I wondered if an obsession with body mass was an intentional theme of the book. (It’s not). I would have expected better of Groff, as I loved her most recent novel,The Vaster Wilds, where this stuff isn’t an issue. Hopefully her editors said something and she no longer relies on body size as primary method of characterisation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

mtorosian's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

jennifermackaman's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Fatphobia

bellebelly's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

jjenkins's review against another edition

HIGHLY TRIGGERING BOOK!! The author should have been much more clear regarding content warnings, because not even 10% into the book there are several extremely triggering events. I will not be continuing this book, and would have much preferred to have known ahead of time what I might encounter. It should be required to list content warnings for books such as this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Excrement, Fatphobia, Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Drug use, Bullying, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

If you are interested in this book, be advices that the author has not clearly and accessibly listed content warnings. This is a highly triggering book from the beginning.

hkburke2's review against another edition

4.5

Rated this 3 stars when I last read it back in 2016. It is wild how much my perspective has changed on some of these plot lines just in those years, and I enjoyed the layers here so much more this time. The fatphobia is really out of control, and is my main (only?) real dislike. The characters are gritty and icky and real and the coincidences which could feel unreal on paper are woven so seamlessly into the narrative that they come to life the way real life coincidences unfold. A slow burn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Abortion, and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Infidelity, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Animal cruelty, and Racism

beatriks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The book is split in two halfs, I knew that upfront, and without that knowledge, I wouldn’t have finished it. 
The first half was a dread to read, extremely slow and the male protagonist extremely self-centered.
I couldn’t see where this was going. 

The second half really made up for that, the female protagonist was way more interesting and the pace was faster as well. 
I would recommend it, but not unconditionally. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse and Fatphobia