Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

21 reviews

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Dementia, and Sexual harassment

creepypiespice's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Dementia

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Abortion

lunar_witch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Pregnancy

tieganljohnston's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Colonisation

ntvenessa's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

A caustic and provocative telling of a toxic mother-daughter relationship and how they navigate an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Set in Pune.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Addiction, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Alcohol

literarylaila's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kayleyhyde's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia

travelseatsreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

I normally enjoy books which are on the more unusual side and tend to make people feel uncomfortable but this one was a bit hit and miss for me.

I enjoyed how Doshi looked at the almost toxic relationship between the character and the mother and thought how she looked back through the different time frames worked well. She made me question at times who was at fault in that moment and what actually did happen in reality.
I also really enjoyed how Doshi displayed just how effected people can be from events in their childhood without at times realising those effects themselves.

However I found I couldn't warm to or connect with any of the characters and found the stereotypical characterization of the "Indians vs Westerners" to be over the top, caricaturistic and wildly negative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Dementia

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty

_lia_reads_'s review

challenging dark sad tense 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

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

nakutski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, and Dementia

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying