Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann

2 reviews

arthur_pendrgn's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

Is this part of a series? There is so little information about the characters, I feel like it is.
It is exhausting and frustrating to follow these characters around. Just as the plot gets going, one of them has an "episode" and the plot slams on the brakes.

If you can't resolve the plot by Ch. 14, you haven't been paying attention.

*Edit Turns out it is the *first* of a series, not the 3rd or 4th that I suspected. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Dementia

Minor: Body shaming and Forced institutionalization

professormarple's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.75

Not sure why I didn’t like this more. Possibly I prefer books with more plot focus than character-focus.

Some interesting characters but I found myself a bit frustrated by them and speeding it up to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming

There was a bit too much focus on the grandson being fat, IMO. I think some of that was intended to work in as a plot device (which is why this is marked as a potential spoiler) but I think a little boy could be very into sweets/food without the emphasis on how fat he is. For example, at one point Agnes is shocked that he doesn’t want to eat some higher calorie dinner but is happy to eat a salad instead and his fatness is mentioned as the reason she’s shocked.