Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

108 reviews

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual assault, War, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Trafficking, Bullying, Rape, Sexism, Vomit, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

Serial killer

kaybs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Sexual violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Child death, Rape, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Great book, pretty graphic descriptions that happened to other people, not book characters.

julia_kathleen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Vomit, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Child death, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

Moderate: Dementia, Cursing, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

Minor: Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

whoiscelena's review against another edition

Too scary and graphic. Wish there were trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Mental illness, Stalking, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Blood

mkusz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Body horror, Excrement, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Rape, Grief, Vomit, Torture, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Body horror, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Grief, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

ghostiicarus's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia

ivirtue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, Fatphobia, and Suicide

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book knocked the air out of me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death, Cursing, Stalking, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Car accident, Drug use, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Sexual assault

jaide_monroe's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I hated this book. I’m glad I read “The Good Daughter” before this, because if this was the first Slaughter book I’d read, I would’ve never picked up another. 

The characters were deeply unlikeable and not in a Gillian Flynn way. Claire’s racist and sides with a rapist over her sister; Lydia’s just plain old dumb. Oh and FAT! Slaughter won’t let you forget that Lydia’s the fattest person on earth. Just an obese beast. 

Are you fucking serious? 

Mention it once, maybe twice, but stop making it seem like she’s the scum of the earth because she’s not a twig. At times, it felt like Slaughter was making Lydia out to be worse than the snuff porn. 

If all of these characters were thrown into a burning pit, I’d feel nothing but relief. 

Also, it’s really hard to believe that this snobby white housewife turns into a vigilante at the end and kills the POS she fell in love with. 

Fuck this book. I’m counting it as read even though I skipped to the last couple of chapters and skimmed it. I hope Slaughter’s other books are nothing like this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism