Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

11 reviews

mariawjw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Grief, and War

Minor: Miscarriage

spookyaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Body shaming, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

puntifexmaximus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Rape, Alcohol, Body shaming, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, and Islamophobia

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

 Really, truly, spectacular. This is such a beautiful interwoven story spun across multiple lifetimes. It was delightful to see how each life connected with the other. Each character feels tangible and real, they all have so much depth and personality. Each plot-line is gripping and it is impossible to not feel for the characters. Seymour especially, I think, is beautifully written. His mental illness is incredibly accurately done, and he is never once demonized for it. Each character, despite their actions, kind or otherwise, is written and treated with respect and empathy. It's such a beautiful tale of humanity and kindness and struggle, and all of it is portrayed with such well researched nuance and intelligence. Definitely one of the best books if you want to feel something that is neither fully happy nor sad, but a cathartic combination of both. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Violence, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Death of parent, War, Gun violence, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Classism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Slavery, Alcohol, Dementia, Drug use, and Excrement

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

If you like weaving storylines and libraries, this book is for you.

It took me awhile to get invested in each storyline, but once pieces started connecting I couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Confinement, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

mmefish's review against another edition

Can't stand this writing for much longer (for example, sentences like "and ___ was ___, and he did ___, and this was ___, and something ___, and all was ___." happened every chapter, often multiple times in one). Also, the book apparently has some questionable representation of autism and I'm not here for it.

On the side note, this book wastes SO much paper with its empty pages or pages with only a few lines on them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Body shaming

carylalombro's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body shaming, and Ableism

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Gun violence and Homophobia

apollo_grace's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Body shaming, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment

kerropiz's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Body shaming

jmbz38's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

Minor: War and Body shaming