Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

273 reviews

mags_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

3.5

I enjoyed this book, but found the dialogue rather stilted and preachy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Racism, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Animal death

cartwheelapple's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

my favourite book!!!! the writing style is so beautifull, introspective and funny. such a wonderfull book about found family, really wholesome yet goes into deep topics in such a good way. beautifull setting and interesting characters that will break your heart with how much you love them. cannot reccomend this book enough!! 

people say the book is predictable, and i think it is in a way, but i dont mind that. it's not about where the characters end up, its about seeing how they change, how they grow and heal. it's a lovely, hopefull book. hope for the future, for what any of us can be, for what we can choose to be no matter how hard things get, it's hope for change :)

i think it's a book everyone needs to read, anyone could use a little bit of the healing lovely properties of this book. anyone could use a little bit of hope. this book is a lovely reminder.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Body shaming

grace_r3ads's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Body shaming, and Forced institutionalization

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

asreadbybrad's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I really loved this book and it is a nice cozy read. My only issue with this book was the discussion of the main characters weight and comments made about his body and eating habits that feel unnecessary to even bring up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

chondritesandchondrites's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

I was uncertain of this book for the first few chapters, but I’m very glad to have stuck with it. I loved the Linus’s development, and how his relationships with the children of the island, the other adults of the island, and himself grew. This book left me feeling inspired, giddy, and hopeful for the future. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming

Content warning: discussion of body shaming

One of the themes used to show Linus’s growth is how he and others react to his weight. Early on, he and his coworkers were very unkind and disparaging about his weight. Throughout the rest of the book, other characters treat him better, and he starts to care less and less about about his weight. Personally, I felt like this was an entirely unnecessary arc in the book, which, unfortunately, lasted for the entirety of the narrative. Personally, I felt like it a clumsy metaphor that could have been replaced with something else. What bothered me the most was that after leaving the island, the narrator goes on about all these good changes that Linus had undergone, and one of them was losing weight. Perhaps Linus’s growth in this aspect was helpful to some readers who struggle with body shaming, I personally wish that it had been handled with more care. That said, I really loved the book overall, so I’d caution people who deal with body shaming to be aware that this happens, but not to discount the book because of it. I think there is a lot to love about this story and that it’s worth reading.

kendrakendrac's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’ve never not wanted to finish a book because of how good it is as much as this one. So comforting and the characters were so loveable and the character development was on point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment and Body shaming

annorabrady's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

This book started slower than other books I've read by TJ Klune but the story was no less wonderful. Klune makes loving the characters and their journeys seem effortless. 

I will say that care should be taken with those who might be affected by those who struggle with eating disorders. There is a lot of passages about negstige self-image surrounding weight, body shaming, and disordered eating. It is done as part of the character's development but it could be triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Child abuse, and Hate crime

sunsorbit's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, and Bullying

joensign's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry