Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

17 reviews

bitterseason's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Bullying, Sexism, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Body horror

If you have arachnophobia, do not read this.

mondovertigo's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexism and Body shaming

larareads's review against another edition

challenging dark lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, and Sexism

aimzthereader'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Didn’t like any of the charaxters, the spiders creeped me out, I got angry at a ton of the decisions… yet I still really enjoyed the book . The writing was really great . She decscribed loneliness, heartbreak, anxiety, depression, and unease very well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Body shaming and Bullying

katiemack's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I have found the perfect book (well, for me) for Spooky Season, and this is it.

Annie is a teacher who moves out of NYC after her boyfriend Sam breaks up with her; she move into a place in the picturesque, perfectly cozy autumnal New England town of Rowan; and she meets Sophie, a preternaturally youthful and elegant woman who commands power over the little town. I adore the way Harrison wrote Annie; she's relatable and sarcastic and, in her own way, empowering. Through Sophie, she discovers her own strength and learns to depend on herself rather than the other people in her life.

The prose is hilarious and biting with just enough horror to keep you on your toes. Pick it up before Spooky Season ends.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, and Cursing