Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

4 reviews

brittandwaffles's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I didn’t entirely hate this book, but it was just such a toxic mess I couldn’t give it more than 2 stars. We have a wildly insecure main character in a polyamorous marriage who is constantly comparing herself to the other wives. The women are portrayed as crazy the whole time.

They’re allegedly all left, because of their inability to have children.

I wanted this to work, because the premise intrigued me. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work for a variety of reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Body shaming

emilyspex's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

0.5

Um... Fucking WHAT??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

bnelson13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! So gripping! So thrilling! I could not put it down! There were some fantastic unexpected plot twists right up to the end! I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Body shaming, Genocide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

sleepburrito's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Infertility, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail