Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

11 reviews

sabrinalexis's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Addiction, Infertility, and Ableism

itsquinntendo's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I have such complicated feelings about this book. It was recommended by my best friend years ago, and I just kept putting it off. I'll admit, it's well written - but I think this one just wasn't for me. I am not a fan of super character-driven novels and that's basically all this one is. I'm also not a fan of truly unlovable main characters. I understand WHY Dolores is the way she is.. I understand why she self sabotages every step of the way.. but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. As someone who can relate to a lot of her struggles, I found myself increasingly annoyed by her choices. The entire story was an ad for therapy. Add in the fact that I don't typically enjoy women written by men, and this was just a miss for me. This is very much a "reader know thyself" type moment and I wish I had set it aside instead of pushing through. I don't regret reading it, but I wish I had spent my time on a book I knew I'd enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Self harm

aj_m's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

lilsneakybandit's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-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

2.5

I read this book at a friend’s request, expecting to hate it. The blurb on the back cover immediately signals that it’s going to be fatphobic. To my surprise, I ended up enjoying it. It’s definitely fatphobic, and the author clearly has no idea what a 250 pound person looks like (he describes her as unable to fit in desks or through car doors, which is ridiculous). However, it’s a really heartfelt view of mental health, and finding hope when life keeps pushing you down in horrible way. I grew to love the main character a lot more than I thought I would, especially given how much she bothered me at the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

asiriarmzl's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

samm1470's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Body shaming

sam_rm94's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Rape

bekkabumbles'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Body shaming, Suicide, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

annie_rosser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

1.75

This book was clearly radical and progressive in it's time, but I think it's pretty dated now. The discussion of trauma is poignant and very human and raw, but the plot does revolves around some decenly fat-phobic & outdated concepts.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm

mbends's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia