Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

23 reviews

midnightstory's review against another edition

4.0

I think this was so much better the second time around! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

anastasia_raf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

le_mur's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Fatphobia

wickedwitchofky's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

The relationship between Jill and The Master is unnerving; it is posed as “father / daughter” but seems deeper than that.

laurajones's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Medical content, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Body shaming

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

najah's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

I didn't know that I wanted to hear more about Jack and Jill's story until I read this book. I truly had a wonderful time with the story and flew through the last 100 pages. The writing style was beautiful. I usually have a very tough time imagining things, but I was about to create some sort of image in my head as I read. If you have a more active imagination, you will have no trouble visualizing the scenes. The book is more description driven than dialogue driven, but I was completely fine with that. 

<semi-spoilers> The last 30 pages made me cry and I wasn't expecting it. I am definitely a Jack stan and now thinking about how everyone treated her in the first book makes me irrational angry </semi'spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Pedophilia, and Blood

I am still unsure if the Master is a p*d*phile, but he gave me those vibes so I put them in the minor content warning. It made me kind of uncomfortable so I felt it necessary to mention it I should also mention that the body shaming is not something that is encouraged or seen as a good thing in this book. A character is called fat in a negative connotation a few times as an insult. I thought it may be important to mention it just in case that may be triggering for some people.

snowhite_says's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Can’t explain how much I love this series!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia