Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

35 reviews

booknerdbetty's review

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty

sierra_alexis's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

Book was pretty flat and so were the characters but it proved interesting especially

in the end with the Amma plot twist. You could sort of see it coming and it was so close to the end that it wasn't really enough to help the rest of the book but I’m glad it was there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Fatphobia, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, and Suicide

turtlebread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

I enjoyed many things about this book. The writing flows well and easy to read, the premise is compelling, the world building makes the setting feel very lived in. However, much like Gone Girl, I was let down by the explanation of the central mystery. The real mystery isn't even resolved until the epilogue in an almost throwaway line, which was weird and kind of off-putting. Gillian Flynn has a style of 'twist' that is just not for me. It almost feels like these 'twists' are just employed in an effort to be provocative as opposed to creating a cohesive narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death and Fatphobia

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Murder, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Rape, Dysphoria, and Body horror

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

jordangddrd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Classism and Fatphobia

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, and Vomit

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Suicide, Rape, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Torture, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

himboluvr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

2.0

gillian flynn is a great writer and i loved gone girl but this book is fucked and not in a good way 😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

livbarry's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Murder, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

vuhrinduh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

This was a really tough book to read. The characters are disturbing (not just in a murder mystery way but just the way they talk about other people is hard to sit through) the vibe is unsettling, and it definitely took me a while of processing after finishing before i could appreciate it. I think the book had a really interesting and almost poetic depiction of power and subversions of power that I did enjoy.

Definitely all the trigger warnings here -very graphic depictions of trauma, harm (from others and self), and just people talking about and treating others in really ugly ways. The casual fatphobia and obsession with white beauty standards was also pretty annoying (can I get please read a single book that doesn’t talk about how stereotypically beautiful the main character is). I don’t know if that was the point given the darker themes of the book and the whole flawed characters thing, but it definitely didn’t make the book any easier to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia

rebeccajben's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

I genuinely hated this book I would not have read this if Sofia didn’t annotate it for me. Tbh her annotations were what got me through. I’m terrible at predictions but I guessed the plot so damn quick and the mediocre twist at the end was not enough to redeem this even a little bit. Reading this was so deeply unpleasant and I felt sick the whole time lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Torture