Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

1 review

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

3.75

less of a plot spoiler and more a general one: the main character is a fat woman and she experiences a lot of internalised fatphobia as well as fatphobia and weight stigma from others. She often "comfort eats" or binges and this is seen as a bad/lazy/gross thing. Her weight loss (which is in part due to food scarcity) is celebrated. I found it really frustrating, tbh. Why not just have a fat character??? </Spoiler>

A heads up that this is a pretty religious book (fictional religion) and there are lots of religious themes, praying, missions from God, etc. If that's something that bothers you or that you don't like, you may want to skip this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, War, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity