Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

52 reviews

astropova's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Body horror, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

vaum's review against another edition

1.0

This book tried so hard to be funny but for me the witticisms that two white males wrote in the nineties didn't really work. I personally am not a big Queen fan so I fthought it funny that all music metamorphed to Queen cd's in the demons car. But that was about the only thing I smiled about in the whole book. My least favourite part was this:

She felt she looked haunted and gaunt and romantic, and she would have , if she had lost another thirty pounds. She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.

I could write quite a bit only about that paragraph but I don't have the time right now.

A good plot might have saved something but there was't any. The form didn't work out for me either. I would liked to have concentrated on one thing for a bit more than just a couple of pages or paragraphs.

I liked the eco-critisism. But when that came mostly from the mouths of children and aliens that left a bad feeling that it was meant to not to be taken so seriously. Only simple people where worried about the environment. But that could be just me assuming the worst because I was so tired of this book.

Can't really recommend this book to anyone who reads it as a first time now and not in the nineties.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

books_in_running_brooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, and War

uparrowhead's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Good Omens is a fantastic and loveable book which I enjoyed every minute of reading. I found it interesting to watch as different characters and stories all prepared for what could be the end of the world but came together in the end. I found the ending to be a fulfilling conclusion to the story that gives info to the lives of all of the characters after the events throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Genocide, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

emilo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and War

hoppicans's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

The entire thing is a satire on Western Chr*stain religious beliefs and makes constant mention of god

kerttuli's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Torture, Blood, and Car accident

merin_aran's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.25

Witty and funny, great commentary on society and religion, great cast of characters - I loved Crowley and Aziraphale especially their dynamic was just brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Racial slurs

laurenfro22's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely a funny and irreverent story, I thoroughly enjoyed the style of writing. Both Gaiman and Prachett are masterful wordsmiths and the premise of the book was really fun and sacrilegious and I loved it. 

Some things were kind of hard to get over. In particular there were some sections with very serious lapses in judgement with regard to race and racism, as well as fatphobia and homophobia. It definitely takes you out of the story a bit, especially their use of slurs, which while common back in the 90s, are still sharp against the ear and I feel inexcusable. Just something to be aware of going into the book. I may watch the show as I’ve heard good things about the revamping. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and War

itsbumley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Car accident

Some of the content warnings may be inferred from the character list at the beginning.

The characters include the four horsemen of the apocalypse (War, Famine, Pollution, Death). Scenes including War and Famine in particular involve detailed descriptions of violence, war, starvation, fatphobia, body shaming and positive representations of eating disorders.