Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Body by Stephen King

6 reviews

mr_d8a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

At least there wasn’t any horror, just gross scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Gore, Child death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Dementia, Alcoholism, Vomit, Bullying, and Excrement

Moderate: Alcohol

lagaialettrice's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Grief, Cursing, Fatphobia, Child death, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

cathrynlmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? No

5.0

Best Stephen King story I’ve read.

Favorite quote: “Love has teeth. They bite. The wounds never close. No word, no combination of words, can close those lovebirds. It’s the other way around, that’s the joke. If those wounds dry up, the words die with them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Fatphobia

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Gore, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, and War

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

srm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the first time I've read this book since I started writing myself, and man, it just hots all the harder now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, and Gun violence