Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

More Than This by Patrick Ness

25 reviews

frostythewhale's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

Gripping and such a great mystery, right up until Part 3. Ending was open ended and not the sort I like in such a long mysterious book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

wathav's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Starts out slow, builds exponentially
Excellent read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

imrg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

jace_lee_koe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fatphobia

criticalmiss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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? N/A

4.5

4.5 ⭐️ (spoilers ahead)
This book had me guessing and it really shifted as you went along. The first part was a bit slow as Seth was alone and trying to figure out what this work was all about but once you hit part 2 and onwards it picks up. 
Once you find out that it might be a simulation they woke up from, it gave me a bit of Matrix vibes (real world vs the online one) I enjoyed the bond between Seth, Regine and Tomasz, I believed it. And the Driver was a great villain? Entity? And you never quite know all the answers 
TW: suicide, death, child abuse, child death, lgbtq harassment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, and Suicide

didabean's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't usually write book reviews so bear with me.
I have mixed feelings about this book, it wasn't what I expected but I think it's better to go in a little blind.
I liked the story. even when it felt predictable I was still engaged and didn't want to put the book down.
but what really put a bad taste in my mouth is the way regine is written. it feels like the sassy/angry black woman + sidekick trope to me and I think she deserved better. I understand that racism and fatphobia are a part of her story, but some of the lines ness wrote about her size and race were off putting to me, specifically when they weren't talking about her backstory. I'm not sure how to word it and I haven't seen many others talk about it, but I almost dnf'ed the book bc of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

beetlemortis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Murder

ameliaflint's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-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

3.5

Liked this one. A great read. But a little long and odd. Good story, and a plausible one at that. I really loved the characters and rooted for them all throughout. But I wanted more answers about the Driver!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Gore and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, and Grief

wonkwink's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

there were some boring parts but that's not gonna stop me from giving this five stars, i definitely cried at the end because i finished the book :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Murder

scout_jones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Xenophobia