Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

5 reviews

marioosa517's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia, Dementia, Alcohol, Vomit, Excrement, Medical content, Drug use, and Blood

amandaboyer's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Abandonment, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racism, Dementia, Misogyny, and Fatphobia

poisoned_icecream's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Racism and Fatphobia

wilybooklover's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Such a soft, quietly romantic book. Alexei and Ben were so lovely together with almost a hurt/comfort sort of vibe. The balance of lightheartedness, emotional moments, and interesting nature facts was spot on. Very much a no-plot-just-vibes type of romance novel.

I loved that Alexei remained estranged from his parents by the end of the book. So many times in romance I feel like authors force a familial reconciliation where it isn't warranted or deserved, and I'm glad that didn't happen here. 

My only negative point is that I was not a fan of the third-act breakup here nor the length of it, but that's really the story of my life when reading romance. It was relatively understandable, as far as third-act breakups go. Their letters and reunion were just gorgeous and almost worth the angst.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia, Death, Fatphobia, and Racism

caseythereader's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? No

5.0

Thanks to Forever for the free advance copy of this book.

 - What a gift SOMETHING WILD AND WONDERFUL is. It pulls of the balancing act of dealing with very real homophobia and giving the characters real queer joy.
- Kelly excels at writing characters who care so deeply for each other, for all their quirks and complicated personal histories. I particularly loved being there with Alexei while he tried to figure out his new relationship to faith and church.
- This is also the rare romance novel that didn't have me rolling my eyes and speeding through the third act breakup. The way Alexei and Ben worked through it was so beautiful and precious.
- And! We also get to see Dahlia and London from LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Homophobia, Medical content, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Dementia