Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

10 reviews

liciasleseecke's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Den Plott fand ich gar nicht so schlecht, es war recht kurzweilig und unterhaltsam. Aber dieses wiederkehrende bodyshamen und die Verbindung von charakterlichen Makeln mit körperlichen (Pickeln, Gewicht) und die komplette Abwesenheit von weiblichen Freundschaften oder tieferen Verbindungen sind für mich einfach absolute Minuspunkte.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

sinaprst's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wer Lust hat auf eine Story hat, die ein Mix aus "Gossip Girl", "Inception" und "Jennifer`s Body" ist, der ist hier zu 100% richtig

Ich hatte keine Ahnung was mich erwartet, als ich vor 3 Tagen dieses Hörbuch angefangen habe und damn ich wäre niemals drauf gekommen, aber ich hatte selten so viel Spaß bei einem Hörbuch. Ich konnte gar nicht mehr aufhören dieses Hörbuch zu hören und bin, nachdem ich das heute beendet habe immediately zum nächsten gesprungen.

War es an Teilen dumm und cringe? Ja!
Ist mir das egal, weil es trotzdem süchtig macht? Auch ja!

All in all, would definitely recommend, especially wenn man wie ich krank im Bett liegt und das Gehirn ausschalten will mit einer wacky story, einem absoluten Wohlfühlschreibstil und einer angenehmen Erzählstimme

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death of parent

insanebookperson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Body shaming, Violence, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, and Death of parent

pictureframe's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

falcarragh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.5

What put me off about this book weren't the writing stye or the general worldbuilding. But rather all those harmful stereotyes conveyed not through some but all characters. 

The pathetic attempt to build an interesting main character failed. I mean Liv has the most interesting background story but it's irrerelevant for the stories. The focus of the story kinda remains with the good-looking boygroup. She's doing Kung-fu but even that is on ever mentioned in one or two sentences. Also "since when are u so girly?" She's contantly judged for her actions as a girl but has to go through the average cinderella transformation. It bored me so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, Medical content, Car accident, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

appurusakura's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

irisvdn's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

3.5

Misschien ben ik gewoon iemand die af en toe een simpel boek wil lezen, maar I love this. Ik heb dit boek vroeger heel vaak gelezen en ik vind hem nog steeds leuk.
Soms een beetje cringy? Ja. Maar wat verwacht je als je als 20-jarige een boek leest wat gemaakt is voor jongere meiden? 
We love Henry, we love het concept van droomdeuren, we love Kerstin Gier

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, and Death

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Death of parent

amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body shaming

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, and Animal death

Minor: Car accident

kathabooks's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Animal death, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

em2jules's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Grief