Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

22 reviews

lyndsie1510's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

Great time loop story with deep character development! I appreciated the different representation (body type, religion, race) and how the characters grappled with older adolescent/young adult issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Addiction, and Body shaming

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Body shaming, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Death

civetta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexism, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Death

bookishberry's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

5.0

probably my favorite book of 2023 <3

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Cursing, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

mmirjamm's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

deals with trauma from high school bullying, part of which was that

someone had sex with the protagonist "as a joke" and told her classmates, who then made fun of her for it

cluckieduck's review

emotional funny mysterious slow-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

I WANT THIS MADE INTO A TV SERIES RIGHT NOW!!

What an absolutely delightful read! This book was not even on my radar, but when I had to fill a reading challenge slot with "time looping," this one came highly recommended, and with good reason. 

College-aged characters are becoming more grating to my cranky, ageing sensibilities 🤣, but both Barrett & Miles were endearing in their ways, separately and together as their relationship grew, and they were oh-so relatable. Their insecurities and idiosyncrasies were realistic and I was rooting for both of them as they stumbled around trying to redefine their identities against their high-school selves all while trying to break free from the time-loop situation. 

Cute, fun, and lovely. What more can I say!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Violence, and Addiction

jetromeo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Minor: Death, Antisemitism, Confinement, and Car accident

pieneut's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

Minor: Car accident

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

Oh. My. Gosh. I'm in love with this book. In the words of Nicki Minaj, "No, I don't think you understand...I'm obsessed." I was skeptical at first, I won't lie. A time loop romance is hard to do right. But when it is done right, it's so much fun. I laughed through the whole book, I had moments where I related too much to Barrett, and other moments where I had to shut the book because it was so cute. I had very physical reactions to this book. I loved every minute of it. I have now declared Rachel Lynn Solomon an auto-read author. What she touches turns to gold. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

Moderate: Drug abuse, Cursing, Addiction, and Car accident

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Antisemitism

yaoipaddle's review

funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.25

If you think the following are charm points for a main character, this book is for you:
- knee high socks that say "ringmaster of the shitshow"
- tying together a 6ft long t-shirt cape and walking into class with it

This story is a 1 star because I had to force myself to finish it cause I spent money on the book.

What I like about the story:
- representation of Jewish characters as real full-fledged people. So often in fiction they are reduced to just comedic reliefs to contrast against non-Jewish characters.
- the main character's relationships with their family are sweet and well balanced

What I dislike:
- Barrett sucks. She is an annoying main character and I cannot stand how she acts and treats other people around her. The author tried so hard to get me to like her but sorry. She is not for me. She is obnoxious and "quirky".
- Cheesy. Cringe. Secondhand embarrassment galore. There were times I had to almost close the book and skim with one eye open.
- Unrealistic in all the wrong ways. Of course a time loop situation is unrealistic, but that's not what the problem was. So much poor characterization and worldbuilding took me out of the story.
- A lot of the writing felt juvenile and middle-school level creativity. It's YA but a lot of it feels like it's written for middle schoolers. (minus the obviously not kid-friendly content)
- The way the author writes about university feels like she has only ever seen it in movies and has no experience or research into it.
- Barrett sucks.
- Poor pacing. So many scenes feel like they could have been cut out entirely. Very sluggish to read.
- I felt the relationship between Barrett and everyone around her including the main guy interested and her "nemesis" from school was so poorly developed and surface level.

Also I hate the 'mean girl' is actually gay!' thing so many authors do to try to make their books seem diverse or their 'mean' characters be likeable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Car accident, Cursing, and Fatphobia