Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

21 reviews

angelnati's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

lilysaddler's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Transphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Self harm, Gore, and Suicide

hanytea's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, and Body shaming

invaderlinz's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.75

Some of the stories were good and spooky (and this cover is amazing), but I really couldn’t get past the fatphobia, homophobic and transphobic slurs that were strewn throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Transphobia, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, and Transphobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Lesbophobia

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Short stories with a sinister edge, Enriquez writes of a vivid, dark modern world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

kateflood's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Transphobia, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

worldsworstmilf's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I had to keep taking breaks from reading this as everything about it was so miserable and homogenous. The characters and individual stories form one elongated, fucked up narrative - the book succeeds in showing that the real horror comes from the complicit and dismissive attitudes characters have towards lots of (really triggering) things, but half of that content seems more used as a shortcut for dark world building. The writing is skilled, sure, but when you can guess the outcome of every story it’s more a test of resilience to see if you can finish the collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Incest, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

issiwerro's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Fatphobia

abbiesbones's review

challenging dark medium-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, and Rape