Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

10 reviews

mzola9's review

slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Murder, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Ableism, and Vomit

There is a fairly detailed description of a home invasion. I would say it is more detailed than the descriptions of murder and the trauma that it causes is a central focus of the book.

gothgf1567's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

twistykris's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Murder, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Suicide, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to see what happened at the end of this one, but I had a hard time getting into it. It felt too long, but the beginning also felt too quick; the action started before I could get to know Lo as a character, so I never really developed sympathy or a connection to her. I also felt like she was kind of terrible at common sense and any sort of decision-making. Weird stuff going on? Better drink a whole bunch. Saw a weird thing? Better harass everyone about it until they're positive that you're unstable. Important object? Better just leave it lying around for housekeeping to throw out. She was almost too annoying to root for. Also what the living hell was that

whole assault scene

that was brushed off like nothing?? That was not okay! Knocking my rating down another quarter point for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Grief

phantasmaboo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The Woman in Cabin 10 follows journalist a journalist named Lo as she investigates the disappearance of a woman in the cabin next to her; a woman that no one else remembers seeing. 

Overall, I love the premise of the book, but I do wish that Lo had a bit more agency in the story than she was given. It seemed as if many things happened to her rather than because of her. 

Another issue I had was the pacing. While I think it was overall okay, the beginning and end of the book seemed to drag on forever. That’s not to say that there’s no payoff for that (particularly for the end), but it just seemed long. The beginning narrative, however, really only seems to set up Lo as an unreliable narrator and is barely mentioned other than to cast doubt on her story. I found this to be unnecessary, as it wasn’t built in enough for me to believe that Lo was an unreliable narrator. 

Another thing I will mention was that the author uses some fatphobic language and seems to glamorize “skinny” characters. It’s not something that ruined the book for me, but it was present throughout. 

Still, it was an enjoyable read and I couldn’t stop reading once I got to the last 20% of the book or so. I would recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia

voxelbee's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, and Blood

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Violence, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexism and Fatphobia

Minor: Murder, Physical abuse, Cancer, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

calamitywindpetal's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Blood, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Confinement, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

astareads's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Cancer

Moderate: Murder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

amye's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I found the most interesting bits of this book to be the beginning and the end when the pace was quickest and most of the action took place. The actual "bad guy" was obvious very quickly, but the way the mystery played out was unexpected enough to catch me off guard. Aside from some frustrating naivete from the main character and some solid doses of fat shaming scattered in, this was a quick, pretty enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity