Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Skim by Mariko Tamaki

17 reviews

olicavanna's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism

moonchildjuli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, Suicide, Mental illness, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

panda's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Love I think I read this at the perfect time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia

So in the first arc the main character has a relationship with one of her teachers, a core plot point in the book is the suicide of a guy, the main character is shoved out of a party of white girls due to her being Asian, there's like societal fatphobia shown but not really discussed in the book, there's an ongoing theory that the guy who commited suicide did it because he was gay and a homophobic slur is used

anniefwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

I really, really enjoyed this. It feels like My So-Called Life (which I love) meets The Craft (which I haven't seen, but I feel like I get the vibe.) I love the subtlety of both the art and the text. It would be sort of hard to explain what the plot is, but I really understand the character's inner journey, which is my favorite kind of book. Finding your ways between the poles of ignorance and nihilism in your teens is no small subject matter, but Mariko and Jillian Tamaki really nail it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

candycain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Adult/minor relationship

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Sexism, and Sexual content

Underage smoking is present. Sexual jokes and slut-shaming pop up occasionally. Frequent "jokes" about suicide and self-harm. The 16-year-old main character is infatuated with her adult teacher, with some brief visuals of them kissing and several scenes of them in the teacher's house. There is also some vaguely uncomfortable behavior there on the protagonist's behalf, with her independently finding her teacher's address in the first place.

e_lace's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Fatphobia