Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Doloriad by Missouri Williams

37 reviews

tabbythereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Considered rating this book two stars but had to remove a star for the frankly ridiculously excessive use of the words 'slopping' and 'lump/lumpy'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Violence, Ableism, and Fatphobia

leafygreens1's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

I really disliked this book - I took it on holiday & lost my backup so I was basically forced to finish it. The subject matter was gross and the story wasn't interesting enough to justify it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Pregnancy, and Fatphobia

booksarentbinary's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Face curious character introductions against those of sordid settings. Existence cast in apathy and cruelty. Gripping lamentations of lethargy, mournful material, a sickening solitude.

The Doloriad could be assumed to be a series of analogies for reckoning with morality or read as it’s own demented imagining. 

Of leftovers. Inheritance made into stories with no ending made into stories regurgitated. The only choice is in constructing something of the residue. Decline but not cease. Without. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Ableism, Incest, and Sexual assault

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Bullying, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, Fatphobia, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Vomit

taylornoel's review against another edition

It was too disturbing for me to finish the book. I found the writing interesting, but after a certain scene I couldn’t do it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Ableism, Incest, and Sexual violence

mothersudoku's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I think there is a lot of room for critique. The world building seems haphazard but I think…in my opinion… that the author was mostly focused on the characters and interpersonal relationships. The plot, or lack thereof, and setting seemed to  simply be vessels to employ this experimental atmospheric vision. It was like a persons thought process of what would happen if people had a bunch of incestuous children and the author just needed a context to put it in. There’s room for critique regarding the fat phobia and ableism of course and its reflection of the author but I also think it’s a nasty book exposing a nasty family so…
I personally love character driven books over plot and I liked to see how things played out amongst the children. It paired nicely with the sort of greek like or even biblical descriptions of the environment….very moody and haunting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Ableism, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Bullying, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

jammyisreading's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Jammy rating - 🍓 🍓  spoon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Ableism, and Incest

sarah_i_jackson's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Fatphobia, and Rape

carkam17's review against another edition

I hated the way this was written- so disappointing because I was really looking forward to this one! Also I knew the subject matter would be gross but this was GROSS annnnddd confusing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Ableism, Incest, and Toxic relationship

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Ableism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Incest, and Rape