Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

10 reviews

selahbeth's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent

lily_298767's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

2.5

The first 200 pages are just build up and although it has a okay ending I had trouble soldiering through this book, I don’t suggest this book, especially for people who don’t enjoy reading or prefer only to read interesting books with lots of thing happening. I also think it was really weird when Libby kept saying stuff about Pauline potter having marathon s e x and losing 98 pounds. She basically walks around the school and says “I wonder who will make me lose 98 pounds” Another thing is that I just felt like Libby’s weight was brought up like a hundred times and after a little it gets annoying but I understand that she’s insecure but it just sort of annoyed me. Anyways that’s just my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

There was a lot of talk about how she received hate mail with death threats, then there’s a part about fat girl rodeo and also Libby talks a lot about marathon sex

thriiiii's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Bullying, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Body shaming

laura_cookson's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

mirandap442's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

duchess16's review against another edition

3.75

I got a ton of “Eleanor and Park” vibes from this book except I enjoyed this one more. In this book Jack actually has things he’s struggling with. Libby is fat and jack is face-blind. Whereas in eleanor and park, parks only problem is that he’s an underrepresented minority that has never struggled a day in his life. And his only issue was he was dating a fat poor redhead. This one was more believable to me. This one made more sense. It was sometimes cliché (ahem when they first realized they had feelings omggg) but in another sense it wasn’t cliché at all. There was drama and confusion and oh no! He kissed the wrong girl again… and they worked it out. Not like every other teen romance story works issues out tho, they dealt with it like someone (imo) would work it out irl. There was a fair amount of swearing (I suppose it can be expected from public schoolers) so that bumped my rating as I didn’t enjoy it at all. But overall I did fairly enjoy this book. It had a very interesting idea of literally the worlds fattest teen and not just: oH Hi iM oVeRwEiGhT sO mY aUtHoR wRoTe Me As InSeCuRe AnD pEtTy. Ik that’s not how most fat kid novels go but I did mostly enjoy this books perspective. I really felt for Jack through his struggles tho as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Fatphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Cancer

Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Bullying, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, and Alcohol

slg29's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

The book felt a bit cheesy and some of the references felt a bit off, but overall it was a very lighthearted read and also educarted me about the unique condition called prosopagnosia, so thats cool.

the ending where Jack claims that Libby is the only one he see's felt like a bit of a cop out for the sake of being romantic, but I appreciate that the book didn't end with him being "cured" or Libby changing anything about herself, as I feel like some books can fall victim to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

avasolange's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

4.25

      This book was not what i expected at all. To be honest I'm not sure what I was expecting. If you looking for a book full of differing perspectives, heartbreaking details, and flustering decisions, oh boy this is the book for you. The end wasn't very satisfying however < spoiler> it was a happy ending

I just felt it needed more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Toxic friendship

nell_tierney's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death of parent, and Dysphoria