Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Deep by Nick Cutter

82 reviews

dragonstea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

amandank's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

like Michael Chriton meets Stephen King

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Animal cruelty

gawdz0rz's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

the majority of the book was really good (if not weird, especially when the author referred to the hole caused by the  ambrosia as things like ‘the hungry hungry hole,’ [why?]), but the ending was really disappointing. it just felt like the author didn’t know where to go with it, maybe.

then again,

the book is definitely a “we’re all in hell, bear witness to my guilt and allow me to make a deal with the devil” trope, so maybe that was the only way it could go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Sexual content

jn0016's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Confinement, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Dementia, Incest, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Violence

snovella's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

m0onb3am's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.75

body horror (n when animals are subjected to it) <<<<

this is good for someone who liked the troop, but definitely not for someone who didn't. better premise for me but same execution.

there was a scene that felt like a cheap attempt at stirring emotion in the reader. though successful, it cost probably a star n a half sooo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Animal death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Murder and Animal cruelty

joleneistryingtoread's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

Grosssssss 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death, Violence, Body horror, Animal death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

butyougotmysoul's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

First, the fatphobia in this book is absolutely in your face every single chapter. Yes we get it. His mother is fat and arguably a worse monster than the “aliens” down deep. I’m just so tired of evil being depicted as fat. That actually soured the book for me as a whole.  I think I could have enjoyed it if it were for the massive amount of fatphobia. 

The writing itself was exquisite and despairing but the level of fatphobia left this book down as deep as the Trieste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, and Animal death

hauntedantiqueshop's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t this. I really like the concept (we need more under water horror books!) but I don’t think it was executed very well. Perhaps I’m simply a hater to my core, but it was a let down at the reveal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Incest

The moderate ones I added (while being utterly horrific, I do not take them lightly) don’t go into details very much and you can definitely get past them fast. Stay safe and protect your heart though. 🫶🏻

jackalopecore's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Animal death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual assault