Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

161 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

leahrosereads's review

dark emotional funny tense 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? Yes

5.0

Modern gothic horror is absolutely my jam, and when T Kingfisher is the storyteller mastermind behind the tale, I know I'm going to be in for a hell of a fun, creepy time.

This story was eerie, bizarre, and down right disturbing, without ever being an in your face typical haunted house.

The humor that Kingfisher added is always a plus for me.  She's able to take some really tense moments and give the reader a brief reprieve from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, and Blood

breazy777's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

plantgal_jill's review

dark funny mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Dementia, Stalking, and Death of parent

aileron's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

skeuomorphism's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

love the humor! plot's a little slow on the build-up but trust that it's worth the read. and the suspense.....entomologist's kiss....i cannot express the sheer joy that i felt as a insect lover reading about sam's thoughts on bugs
+ the hardcover edition of this book is so pretty??????? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Racism

twistykris's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? No

4.25

This is my first T. Kingfisher novel and I'm excited to read more.

A House with Good Bones is an entertaining, funny, creepy ride that I enjoyed very much! I really liked Sam, and her inner dialogue was inquisitive and funny. The audiobook narrator Mary Robinette did a fantastic job of voicing all of the characters and it was a delight to listen to.

My only real qualm is that the ending "resolution" seemed to be too abrupt. I would have loved to get a little deeper into WHAT happened and why it happened. Even something like,

a final discovered letter from the great grandfather explaining his creations and what went wrong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hermeswormes's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Gore

Moderate: Racism

hannanni41's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

It's no Hollow Places or What Moves The Dead, but it's still pretty good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Gaslighting

unviincible's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

picked up towards the end, but I wish it had been like that for the entire book. like my last t. kingfisher read, I was always wanting more spooky and creepy, but it comes across as a lighter horror read, and that's ok; it's just a matter of personal taste, because it was otherwise very fun.

I enjoyed the mc a lot. she read as autistic to me, so combine that with being a scientist and you have a character who's very good at picking up patterns but able to rationalize her way through all the weird goings-ons happening at the same time, which is realistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Injury/Injury detail