Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

73 reviews

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? Yes

3.0

the first half was good, until the part where he didnt believe her, and the worst part is that she forgave him and then they got back together. miss girl is blind if she cant see the red flag.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia

honkmoon's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked this. Very witty, lots of banter, not much spice. Personally though

I would not have forgiven Ethan

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

tiramisuandpasta's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Vomit

lana_andreja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Infidelity

Minor: Fatphobia

maggie_hamel's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

It was just okay. I think that I just don’t like rom-com books that much. It was a fast read though and fun at some parts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

annarbpollock's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense medium-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

4.0

Love the settings of Minnesota mixed with adventure of Hawaii! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

stella_mia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

sappy. messy. dramatic. romantic. all my favorite things in one beautiful vacation themed novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia

bookhoarderbea's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Fatphobia and Gaslighting

chaotic_reading's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

2.75

There were times that I giggled out loud at an interaction between Olive and Ethan, and times that I blushed at how sweet they were to each other, however overall, this book just didn’t capture my interest. 

Olive’s characteristics felt very “I’m not like other girls” and Ethan’s top quality was being Hot. Those character points might work for some readers/other books, but they just didn’t do it for me here – it made them feel like very shallow/two-dimensional characters. I love a good enemies-to-lovers trope, however this one just fell a little flat because it was so one-sided (all of the “enemy” energy was just projected by Olive). Add in the little bit of Olive’s internalized fatphobia, plus my least fav narration styles (first person narrative and single POV), and Dane’s whole cheating plotline, and unfortunately The Unhoneymooners was a miss for me. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever read a book before that’s had so much dialogue or communication between two characters, and still have so much misunderstanding occur; so much was said and yet nothing of significance for so long.

I think the book had its moments (when Ethan got drunk drinking mai tais and also paintballing!), but I can just not get over how deeply both Ethan and Ami dug their respective holes in their relationships with Olive. Like I found some of the things Ami said to be truly unforgiveable and to watch Ethan refuse to address that Dane might have done wrong was icky; the fallout being chapters long and the “grand gesture” being so…bland also doesn’t sit well with me. And to add insult to injury, Olive getting fired on her first day? I feel like we could’ve done something a little different here.

I’m disappointed I didn’t enjoy The Unhoneymooners as much as I had hoped. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia

seemz's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity