Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

80 reviews

helloits_jen's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

I don’t think I even have the words to describe how I feel about this book. Elizabeth Zott is an icon, she is strong and powerful and amazing and the way she is represented as a woman in science is just fantastic. Obviously the culture is much different now but there is still an inherent bias in science (just look at the number of female nobel prize winners compared to male!!) and this is a brilliant representation of how so many women were treated! But I think Elizabeth is such a role model, she is so independent and determined, even when she is basically diminished to her cooking skills - I love love love that she managed to still get the chemistry in there too!! But even the cooking show, even though she was a scientist at heart she still managed to reach out and improve the lives of so many women. I think the darker themes in the book (slight spoiler/trigger warning -

such as the sexual assault

) are so upsetting and unfortunately probably a realistic representation of life for many women at the time. Elizabeth Zott is my hero, I think she is such an inspirational character and I hope somewhere out there she has inspired women to pursue their dreams and smash the patriarchy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Car accident, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Vomit

trippalli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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

4.75

An excellent feminist book set in the 50d, 60s..  the characters are amazing as is their love, loses and the community built in this story, from defiant smart children to scientist women and single dad's this pushes all the boundaries, these and many many more, that society has deemed okay and accepted, then and now.

The first chapter, or near beginning had a harsh rape scene. If that triggers you I'd skip the beginning.. The bum gets better and better and while rape is a valid real concern this scene is so realistic and horrifying, that while she fights him off I would've rather skipped it. Keep reading though this book is amazing and full of wonderful people and their stories. Please read it, just skip the beginning if rape is triggering 
A very good story, the warning flags are many but it's more in citing wrongs done and society and suicidal issues.. The family and community story overall is quite beautiful..a story of overcoming hardships and succeeding 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Homophobia, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Stalking, and Drug use

A very good story, the warning flags are many but it's more in citing wrongs done and society and suicidal issues.. The family and community story overall is quite beautiful..a story of overcoming hardships and succeeding

baileyk123's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Death

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

I won’t lie, this book had a slow start and the first 100 pages I was wondering if this would be a disappointment. I’m glad to say that I really got into it after that. There were so many times I laughed out loud as well as times I nearly cried. I love reading about women empowering women and stories like this need to be told. Because even though this is set in the 60’s, people today still need to hear how fierce and capable women are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Classism, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

kellflo's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Suicide

sunflowersarepretty's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

LOOK AT TRIGGER WARNINGS!

Elizabeth Zott is the epitome of a femenist, a woman, a scientist, a mother, and an icon. bThis book depicts how women are treated less in every sense of the word when it comes to so many situations. The book is fantastically written. The emotions this book has drawn from me... I truly reccomend this book, although, and again, do look at trigger warnings.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Blood, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Body shaming

ejs2000's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

ellenr272's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was really well written and the story was amazing but to be honest... it was a lot. This book is for some reason is marketed as a romance (a fact that the author disagrees with) and it is definitely not, so I did not go into expecting something quite as heavy.  There is plenty of humor as well, but the overall topics and themes are very heavy.  My main reason for deducting to a 4.5 rating is that I think this book should have had trigger warnings in the front. I didn't look them up because of how this book was marketed and I really wish I had known. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

bookcasey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

This is a story about misinformation, missed connections, and misogyny. It’s also a story about being yourself, following your dreams, and challenging the status quo. It’s about science and religion and life.

It’s absolutely worth your time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Car accident, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Rape, and Death of parent

anapthine's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia