Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

6 reviews

lpdx's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Confinement, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer and Medical content

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

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

4.75

GOD i did NOT heed the trigger warnings and I honestly don't even have an excuse like I knew this was a horror novel and still picked it up. don't make my mistake and please be safe. Anyway this BOOK!!!! /pos
absolute fucking masterpiece

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Self harm, Stalking, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Vomit, Trafficking, Rape, Excrement, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Cancer

graphic: cult

cemeterygay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

It is a beautifully complicated look into both surviving a cult and government infiltration into black radical movements and the real impacts this has into their survivors by following Vern's journey as both a person and mother. While a deeply heavy read between the commentary and beautiful prose, I could not recommend this book enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Transphobia

Additional CW: Hallucinations, non-consensual drugging, forced sterilization, teen pregnancy, graphic childbirth, death of a child (and infant), drowning, poisoning, cult.

susanknights's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual content

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

medium-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

This book is beautiful. It is not an easy read. It gets rough, and dirty, and depressing, but it is ultimately beautiful. Rivers Solomon seems keenly aware of this, and they do a masterful job weaving this story. If you think you’re ready for it, please do yourself the hard kindness of reading this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

walzstjrnl's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Fast-paced because each time I thought I knew where this book was going, it would shift itself on me. The amount of time and space and plot it covers in the small space of the book is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship