Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

31 reviews

karol99's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Hard for me to complete it because I read it in Spanish, but once I got the hang of it I really enjoyed it. It always surprised me and had me engaged in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Physical abuse

lmagie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Matriarca egoísta y controladora gobierna sobre sus 3 hijas a extremos, con lujo de violencia física y mental.
Tita, la menor, está destinada a cuidar de ella por el resto de su vida. Pero Tita quiere casarse con Pedro.

Creando problemas innecesarios, la matriarca Elena, hace a todos miserables.

El uso de la "magia" con la comida y las emociones es muy interesante.

Es un libro muy entretenido, pero las decisiones de los personajes lo vuelven frustrante en ratos. Me alegra haberlo leído, lo disfruté, pero no lo volvería a leer.

Al no ser una trama completamente linear (muchos recuerdos y flashbacks) es un poco dificil ver el objetivo o la meta de los personajes en un determinado punto.

Los personajes tienen sus fallas, de más incluso. Tal vez faltó verlos más tiempo resaltando sus lados positivos, desarrollando sus personalidades, para así encariñarse con ellos realmente.

El único personaje con el que pude encariñarme fue

John. Honestamente, Tita debió haberlo escogido a él. La trataba bien, tenía su casa, le había dedicado tiempo y paciencia infinita, sin miedo de qué pensaran los demás. Todo lo contrario a Pedro. Pedro era un celoso inmadura y cobarde por el que no valía la pena suicidarse

Casi todos los trigger warnings fueron moderados o menores (se cuentan con metáforas o de paso en una o dos oraciones), excepto la

fatphobia. Tanto y con tanto desprecio que hace pensar si la autora comparte el mismo sentimiento

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

The more you advance in the book the more TWs escalate

beckycarter97's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

I...I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. 🤔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Rape

eunoia11's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, and Death of parent

adrianacr's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.0

I liked the fairy tale style and the way the recipes were woven into the narrative. Unfortunately, the narrative itself wasn't very good. The main character falls in love with a man with zero good qualities and lusts after him for years because they're forbidden to marry. He treats both her and his wife so badly and they're both so into him. There are two interesting characters and they're both hardly in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

rosita's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

It could have been a 4.5 or even a 5. The magical realism was great, the writing even better; still i can't forgive

  that Tita ended up with Pedro instead of John. John was a freaking angel  and Pedro raped her. Rape is never romantic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Racism, and Forced institutionalization