Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

13 reviews

leannanecdote's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Classism, Fatphobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infertility, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent

kibbles15's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This was an interesting take on Jane Austen's <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>.  It takes the well know story and puts it in contemporary Pakistan.  It was definitely a creative take on the story.  I did find the book to be a bit long winded and it catered a bit toward people already familiar with the culture in Pakistan.  That being said, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Cursing

analenegrace's review

funny slow-paced

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

2.75

I really, really wanted to like this as P&P retellings and reimaginings are something I love, but unfortunately, Unmarriageable was very, very hard to read. I found that so much of the story of told to us instead of shown, including moments where the dialogue would go from conversations to paragraphs deciding it for no reason that I could understand. 

I also did not like some of the characterizations, especially of characters based on those from P&P. It felt so overdramatized in moments it was hard to stay in the story; characters shrieked and yelled and said they should die, and I just didn't understand why. 

The body image issues throughout the book were added in for a reason clearly, but they made me genuinely uncomfortable, and there wasn't any challenging of them in the actual book but briefly a happy ending for Qitty in the epilogue. The characters were exceptionally nasty to her in a way that was horrific, and it was treated as just teasing. 

On the whole, the book needed more nuance and better storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Classism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

katievh's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Classism, and Body shaming

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Abortion

hannahdelaware's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

ludivinev's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

bookwormbullet's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Abortion

reads2cope's review against another edition

3.0

This was a fun read, but I wish it would have branched a bit more from the original. That, or reference Austen less. It was a little unbelievable to have Darsee talk about Darcy or Alys quote Pride & Prejudice without anyone in the story catching the similarities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Body shaming, Classism, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

liezjo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.0

ANY pride and prejudice retelling, sign me UP! It’s way more obvious that Darsee writes the explanation letter to maintain Alys’s interest, god, he’s smitten. I love Qitty’s ending (stop the fatphobia!!) and I love the insight into Pakistani culture circa 2000. The constant mentioning of P&P was unnecessary, in my opinion. Recommend!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Classism, Infertility, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence

susirecio's review against another edition

Depicts the musilm religion as something ridiculous and very old-fashioned. The character that tries to focus on her beliefs and be loyal to them is seen as a weirdo and a failure. It is also highly fat-phobic. It made me feel bad about myself just how the people speak of the "fat sister". It is not as a fact or a look. They speak of her with true hatred for being fat. Maybe things get better later in the book but I couldn't keep reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual content and Islamophobia