Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

12 reviews

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Grief, Animal death, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

jampig's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.25

Simple book. Loveable characters. Interesting Worldbuilding. 3rd Person. Good plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Genocide and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Body shaming, Murder, and War

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence, Body shaming, Death of parent, Bullying, and Alcohol

adrienanthony's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-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

5.0

Fascinating world building and believable character interaction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Police brutality and Medical content

Minor: Torture and Genocide

pelb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book, it was extremely intriguing and very engaging. I finished it in two days, and was captivated the whole time. I loved the writing style, the world building, the characters, and all the twists and turns. Very great book, highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Body horror, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

sopherdopher's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol and Religious bigotry

squarebrainhp's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

eadrianschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming and Mental illness

people "splat" aka jump off buildings, for fun then are revived

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Picked this up because death is sexy. 

This has challenged me greatly because I don't really know what to say. There are parts I like and some I don't. I couldn't care less about the romance and yet it is stitched together as vital to the plot. The world building is interesting but kinda vague and I want to discuss that a lot but I don't think this is the right place. It places a weird emphasis on race, like everyone really cares about their 23&Me results. 

I guess I want to read the rest, mostly to try and pin down what the point the author is trying to make. It is both too obvious and too obscured. There are screeds about how life was better when death was a thing, actually even though death... Still is a thing? 

Idk I need to parse this on my brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Child death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

britta_pal's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Death

Moderate: Self harm