Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks

2 reviews

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the plot, the story of this book. However there was so much over-the-top violence it actually detracted from the story for me. So many details were beyond gross for absolutely no reason but shock value. The villains are cruel for cruelty's sake. I don't know if I'm going to finish the trilogy. The ending of this book was pretty satisfying without needing to see what comes next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Vomit, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, War, Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child death, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

masoudhouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, and Excrement