Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

15 reviews

riddlemesphinx's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug use, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body shaming, Car accident, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Death, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cursing, Gun violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, and Cancer

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs

faerietale_princess's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

Intense and gripping. I really felt for Bug and was rooting for him the entire time. That’s what I really like about Cosby’s writing and characters. These are people who commit intense crimes and are flawed, but they’re complex and Cosby deals with them in all these intricate and interesting ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

literaryintersections's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It's been on my list for a while and it just sucked me in. It's a perfect thriller, but be aware that there is significant racism, anti-fatness, and misogyny. 

Beauregard is tough and rough, but also a loving family man. His complexities were super realistic and also made it hard to like him. He is such a badass and I want to see him live on a screen. The car scenes and robbery scenes were so interesting and also heartbreaking. This book is so damn sad but also funny and wild and unique. I can't wait to read the rest of his books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

raenbow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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: Ableism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Body shaming, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Cursing, Gun violence, Car accident, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Fatphobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

narbine's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, Cursing, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Torture, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

emco_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Misogyny, Torture, Car accident, Vomit, Racial slurs, Drug use, Murder, Violence, Sexism, Fatphobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Trafficking, Ableism, and Death of parent

tlaynejones's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

wirt's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lord. What a book. The writing style is very straight forward and heavy on the similes, but it had a nice flow that kept the book going and going. It was a wild one for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Drug use