Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Threadneedle by Cari Thomas

12 reviews

debonthebackstreet's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

An enjoyable, fast-paced read, especially at the end. The descriptions of magic, friendship and sisterhood felt alive and leapt of the page. Part coming of age novel - a young girl finding freedom and falling in love for the first time in her life despite years of abuse - part magical realism, part mystery. There were lots of twists and turns that made me want to carry on reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, and Blood

nuttynat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book has an interesting premise and delivers on it, for the most part. It explores themes of coming-of-age, family, friendship and trust. The world-building is my favorite aspect of this book: set in modern-day London within the things we cannot see (or what we think we cannot see). My main qualm with this book is its synopsis that sets an expectation that is not delivered in this book to a large degree, however, if you disregard the synopsis, it is still an excellent read. I look forward to reading the sequel and cannot wait to see what lies ahead for our protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, and Violence

meagangrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Death of parent, Torture, Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

emily_bg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Adult/minor relationship

librarianlayla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

4.5 stars.

Slow to start, but once the story picked up I didn't want to put the book down.

Intoxicating magic, compelling twists and turns, fallacies tucked into corners and dramatically exposed at the last minute. I cannot wait for the sequel.

If you love urban fantasies, complex relationships and intricate plots - then this is for you!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Cursing, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

lucy_shanners's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

frozzlyfrozzle's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

Read this not realising it’s the first book in a trilogy so was a bit stunned at the abrupt ending. 

The author does a lovely job of a creating a beautiful depiction of magic and a magical world different from the likes of Harry Potter but just as immersive and enticing. 

There’s a few mysterious at the centre of the plot and I wish there’d been more time to carefully unravel all the threads, the last few chapters felt rushed and for a 500 page book there was time. 

Be interesting to see what happens with the serious. There’s now a novella on one of the supporting characters, who I liked a lot but found her a bit cliche in character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Toxic friendship

hitheremynameislisa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It took me a while to actually get into this book. The beginning is quite slow, maybe a tad too slow for me to get hooked straight away. I was interested in the concept though so I kept picking it back up. Once i was past the first 100 or so pages I struggled to put the book down. Once it had it's fingers on my it wouldn't let me go. The author paints London in a way I myself have experience and it's a beautiful homage to the little spark of magic you can find at every corner in this beautiful city.

The very open ending had me wanting more. The author found an incredible way of resolving the key issues of the story while simultaneously introducing new threads I'm sure we all would keenly follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship