Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

9 reviews

drtx_bwt's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Confinement and Slavery

toonyballoony's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Self harm and Child death

ceruleanseas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

barnesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.5

I'm so glad this book exists for the youth of today. The story is great, and the message is even better. I love how kind Jane is and the underwater world Brosgol created. Plus, the art style is one of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

mxrumphius's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexism, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Murder

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

This was so cute! I love Brosgol's style and expressive art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

grimpantaloon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

Let’s just say I might be biased about this one. Vera Brosgol is one of my favorite authors ever. This is ultraspecific to the kinds of stories that I like, but I don’t think Vera can create a story that wouldn’t appeal to me and tug on my heartstrings.

I really loved Plain Jane and the Mermaid. It’s a cool multilayered middle-grade story. I loved the characters, the mystical setting, the signature Brosgol dark twists and dry humor! Great adventure story with an important message about society and beauty. I also enjoyed this book as an illustrator - the cinematic panels, character design, expressive close-ups and visual narrative are delicious, I can pore over them for hours.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Emotional abuse

hckilgour's review against another edition

4.0

This is such a light, fun, wholesome read.

And I loved that there was a plus size MC that isn’t the best and brightest and prettiest. Like… I saw myself so much in Jane.

And I loved that she and Peter were able to be like… yeah we were being dumb “in love”, let’s just be friends.

But also. Mermaids!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia

jelkebooks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

I received a galley of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I fear I just might not be the right target demographic for this. It just fell completely flat to me. It was extremely simple, extremely surface level, and repetetive. I did really like art, and the concept was decent as well, but the execution was just lacking for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Minor: Physical abuse and Grief