Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

6 reviews

rsagarin's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

marippe's review against another edition

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

edit: read before i knew the author was a zionist but hey u cant win em all

og rating: 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Chronic illness, Cancer, Medical trauma, Sexism, Vomit, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Death, Racism, Abortion, Car accident, Infidelity, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

scmiller's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Violence, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Abortion, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

thatenbyisisreads's review

emotional hopeful 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

This emotional masterpiece sends every reader into the world of video game development with sprinkles of love, friendships, and embracing of failure

The relationship between Sadie and Sam made me yearn for more, but I couldn't be more understanding of their ending. Originally, I was so against Marx and Sadie's relationship, but over time they really started to grow on me, despite my feelings for her and Sam. Honestly, this was the perfect time to implement a polyam relationship. Then, that's when everything came crashing down on me when Marx had passed on. That passage about the strawberry field brought me to tears, it was so beautiful, yet so tragic to lose such a profound, genuine person who didn't deserve that fate. 

Currently, I'm dealing with a break up with someone who I love so much and hold to such a high regard. I was so grateful to have read this quote during this trying time. "'Marx, you had better be alright. I absolutely can't bear the thought of a world without you.' She squeezes your hand and kisses your cheek. 'No, I won't bear it. I refuse to bear it. Love you madly, my sweet friend.'
Love you madly.
The way to turn an ex lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time." As devastating as this phase of my life may be, this quote is a reminder that when things don't go as we had hoped, we can still expect that love to manifest into something beautiful. 

As a fellow artist, it is quite easy to fall into that disappoint that comes with failure and not wanting to try again. This following quote helped further expand my way of thinking on the topic of failure. "This was William Morris's garden. These were his strawberries. These were birds he knew. No designer has ever used red or yellow in an indigo discharge dyeing technique before. He must have had to start over many times to get the colors right. This fabric is not just a fabric. It's the story of failure and of perseverance, of the discipline of a craftsman, of the life of an artist." Thanks to Marx's mother, I wish to let failure take me on it's journey towards success.

However, I do wish that they held more of a discussion on why it was highly inappropriate for Sadie's professor to have had taken advantage of her at 19 years old while he was in his 30's.

Overall, yet again, I couldn't have picked a more appropriate time to read a book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's an artist afraid of failure, but everyone else should read nonetheless!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Cancer, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion and Eating disorder

squidknees's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

Like The Fault in our Stars like A Little Life like Normal People Sally Rooney

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, Abortion, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Body horror, Vomit, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

julesleigh's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Abortion, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

I really didn't like this book. The characters were unlikeable and got in their own way and that ultimately hindered them. They both are really terrible people that have been dealt a bad hand and don't make the most of it. Also Sam, is written as seemingly autistic and I don't think it was mentioned at all. So idk, I really didn't like it and don't get the hype.