Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Penance by Eliza Clark

29 reviews

laran_s's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Self harm, Torture, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

caissa_chthonia's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved it. It made me happy, it made me angry, I had a great time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

writeasiread's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Classism

krispomatic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

alright, i was shocked at how much i loved this. to put it bluntly, i loathed boy parts, but i wanted to give eliza clark a second chance — and i was pleasantly surprised.

this book had incredible worldbuilding and the characters were fleshed out, including the journalist. this is a novel about the exploitation of tragedy and the cruelty of teenage girls, and how often things can be blown out of proportion by pure hysteria.  i’m looking forward to clark’s next release.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual assault

e11en's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

jen_prouvaire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bek_p87's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.75

This was dark, twisted, and thought-provoking on several levels. Presented as a non-fiction true-crime book about a horrific fictional murder in a small seaside town, this is about evil, our fascination with it, and how capitalism monetises this fascination. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

kitfkat's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Dementia, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

vastlecania's review against another edition

3.0

It's fine. I found it challenging to read mostly because it seems quite cynical, and it's a lot of high school drama. The framing device of "this book was written by a scumbag" is fascinating but undercuts the material a bit.  I spent a lot of time thinking about that meta layer. Perhaps that's the intention but it felt fairly shallow to me. The guy sucks! 

I wonder if i would be more impacted if i was either closer OR farther from mid aughts Tumblr. As it stands, I was well aware of the horrors of tumblr but never truly experienced them myself. So this was neither shocking nor relatable/personal to me.

I really enjoyed the way that the fictional author constantly undercuts himself and accidentally paints a terrible image of his actions. That was very clever and only a little on the nose.

Overall i wouldn't recommend or disrecommend this book. It's alright! The concept is unique! I just think it falls a little short of its own goals.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

applesodaperson's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was definitely good, but honestly not quite as good as expected. It was not as good as Boy Parts in opinion. Some more random thoughts that I had were that this would have been good as an audio book, like listening to a real true crime podcast. Also I feel like the character of Vance Diamond was totally based on Jimmy Savile, a real life celebrity pedophile in the UK. Also, I felt like I was the exact target demographic for this book, because I seriously understood all the niche internet references in this. Also, the characters did not feel incredibly realistic. But yeah it was good just not amazing or perfect.
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Homophobia

Minor: Rape