Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

27 reviews

wy_woman's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Homophobia

stephykay's review

medium-paced

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

1.0

I am a woman in chemistry, so I assume that’s why this book was recommended to me. Although I finished the book, I found it deeply unsatisfying - it not enjoyable and I don’t think it was well written. I read parts and listened to parts. It didn’t help. Whoever the author consulted with is not a chemist working in the life sciences - guess what, there are many subdisciplines within the field of chemistry! The audiobook narrator should have worked with a scientist to learn how to properly pronounce scientific terminology.

The idea of the plot is fine, but the novel would benefit from additional polishing. I also want to add that simply throwing in a mention of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement felt like a cheap ploy to pretend to introduce the issue of race.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Sexism, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Homophobia, Death, and Domestic abuse

ecmiller's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

cheryl_gager's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book, more than I thought as it is not my normal genre and style of book. I did struggle to get lost in it the way that makes me love a book, but the writing was so easy and compelling I could not like the book. A lot of the book made me angry and frustrated, with the sexism and misogyny, especially knowing that this is what women truly faced during the 1950s and 1960s and what some women still experience in some industries. I liked Elizabeth a lot and the way she influenced those women and made them believe in themselves and see themselves as something more made me so happy. I really liked the dog as well, though reading about what he was thinking and feeling was a bit weird and then made me loose that bit of connection. Overall, I would recommend this book as it did a really good job at tackling the subject and looking back at sexism at that time, but it did not give me what I want from a book and that is a me thing rather than the books problem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Misogyny, and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Within the first couple of chapters a sexual assault/attempted rape takes place which is shocking and an attempted rape takes place later on in the book. The book is full of sexism and misogyny as it is looking at a woman in the 1950s and 1960s trying to make it in the field of science, dealing with being an unwed single mother and going against the gender norm for that period of time.

ecjl's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Rape, and Child abuse

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Child abuse

margaret_k30's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Physical abuse

emilylou's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

mitchell_1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse and Eating disorder

willisalive's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Vomit, and Eating disorder