Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Emma Project by Sonali Dev

4 reviews

taibreakfast's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

Another home run! This series is 4 for 4! Love all the characters, and the author did a good job of making this about the lovebirds while also giving closure for the series.

Appreciated we got Isha's love story as well. Gave us a break from the Emma adaptation, which is a Jane Austen story that I've grown to enjoy more but is admittedly not my favorite. 

I thought all themes were treated respectfully. I was mildly surprised we didn't dig into a couple of things, like

Vansh's mild eating disorder and the hint that Naina's father broke her arm as a child but that Naina has blocked this out

; they were treated more like IYKYK. But I guess not everything needs to be so spelled out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

thaliareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

I still loved this book, but I do think that it was one of my least favorite of the series. This could be because I personally don't enjoy age-gap romances, and while it works fairly well in this story most of the time, there are still quite a few areas where it is apparent how different their ages make them.

However, I was happy to see Naina - who I'd previously disliked - become a fully developed and deep character who I felt for and resonated with. I also loved the causes that the characters worked toward in the book. Causes that they saw a real need to address and that they didn't abandon when things got hard. 

I also loved the unexpected side story involving Esha and Sid, that was so exciting to see, and I was glad that we got to see Esha grow into someone she really wanted to be and past what others thought of her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

The death occurred outside of this story, but is relevant to character's backgrounds and is discussed. One of the parents, I think without fully realizing it, is emotionally abusive and constantly body shaming her child. Pregnancy relates just to a periodically appearing side character.

alisonreadsitall's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Domestic abuse and Body shaming

purplepenning's review

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy