Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

I Like You Like That by Kayla Grosse

10 reviews

izzy_fg's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, and Grief

ireadtoescape_'s review

Couldn’t get through it. 
Found their chemistry lacking. 
The dialogue was very stilted. 
Found that the main characters were really lacking in depth overall. 

Struggled and now I’ve given up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

jackiie's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

kileymurray's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Fatphobia, and Death

lucycg's review

emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

lauramparis's review

lighthearted fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Stalking

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia

drtx_bwt's review

emotional lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Stalking, and Kidnapping

fatreaderr's review

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

2.25

I wanted to like this book so bad. I kept seeing it on tiktok and I loved that it had an unapologetic fat woman as the heroine but it just wasn’t it. Within the first few chapters I could tell that this book wasn’t going to be great. The plot is all over the place, the characters don’t feel fleshed out and act randomly for no reason, and I found a few spelling/grammatical errors. To me this read like a fanfic where we’re supposed to already know about the characters rather than the tell (not show) info dump that we get for the first third of the book. I still did finish the book, more because I can’t not with books, and there were a few cute moments but mainly I found myself getting frustrated with the plot and characters. Especially when it came to 

the stalking plot as it had the dad making sexual comments and the assistant didn’t act like she was malicious until Liam entered the picture. That whole plot felt like it had absolutely no resolution.

The author also advertised it on TikTok as an unapologetic fat heroine when Birdie spent majority of the book feeling self conscious about her weight with Liam, even if she was good in public/with the press

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fatphobia

nitya's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Bodyguard romance with estranged best friends to lovers and a plus size heroine AND she's also a rock star?!!!! I never one clicked so fast

And I love how feral and horny Birdie and Liam are for each other 😌🔥🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Fatphobia, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

aliciawhatsthestory's review

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Spice level: Hot

I happened across this book from an indie author here on Instagram. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I liked the cover, and we all know I’m a sucker for fat positive representation. 

Was this book perfect? No. Did the conclusion the stalker plot line seem at all plausible? No. But was it a good time? Yes, absolutely. Though,I could have done without the short separation in the third act. 

If you’re looking for a quick, fun romance read with a steamy-but-slow-burn-second-chance-rockstar-bodyguard-relationship, you would enjoy this book. It was just what I needed to counteract an ARC I’m reading that has a reading slump closing in. 

TW: absent parents, blood, gun violence, PTSD, anxiety, fat phobia, kidnapping, stalking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

The main male character is a police officer.