Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

24 reviews

livingwithghost's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

wanted to re-read this series for nostalgia and to get back into reading. a whole lot of nothing happens in this book. i enjoyed it though knowing what else happens in the series.

honestly the worst part about it is the amount of weird adult/minor relationships being played as sexy, forbidden love stories. sure they’re forbidden, but it’s because they’re weird and inappropriate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Classism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit and Murder

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, and Racism

gabborn1's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder

danileah07's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism

Minor: Death

emre's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

sofia_reads01's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, and Fatphobia

tee_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Homophobia

Minor: Racism, Bullying, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

lheuredoree's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The best kind of bad. I remember reading this back when I was about twelve to thirteen years old – I was obsessed with the show and wanted to read the books as well – but I ended up abandoning the book series somewhere along the way.

Reading it was very nostalgic, albeit very repetitive at times, since the TV show followed the plot pretty closely. It’s and easy and quick read and it pulls you in, even though it’s not the best written book out there.

I plan on finishing the book series this time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, Self harm, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm

abbiesb_read's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.25

I was feeling nostalgic and decided to read this. The characters in this book are infuriating. Will I read the next book? Probably.

This book is very neck and neck with the show so if you were a fan of the show then I would recommend this. However, I will say that there are A LOT of outdated mentions in this and some painfully and awkwardly  poor choice of dialogue. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting