Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

30 reviews

beergoddess2391's review

I have so many reasons but you can read the other 1 star reviews. Just don't. Don't give this problematic writing your time. And even if it wasn't offensive it would still be bad. The content warnings below are just what I encountered in the first 31 pages. Other reviews mention slavery, animal cruelty, and rape.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

franksalot's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Racism, and Abortion

_gail_'s review

0.5

I really wanted to like this book. I liked the way it was written, but unfortunately it's racist and homophobic. one of the main characters admitted to doing blackface multiple times ( which had nothing to do with the plot) they participated in a 'slave day' at school (also not important to the plot).  there were also quite a few odd interactions between the characters as children, for instance put their foots in each other's crotches ( they were 11 at the time). I like campy horror but the good parts of this book are made uncomfortable by all the unnecessary racism, homophobia, and grossness. I get it's set in the 80's but it is a work of fiction and the author came up with and chose to add those things to the book. I do not recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Racism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

weatherd's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Classism

o_w_e_n's review against another edition

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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

tomcolter97's review

medium-paced

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

3.75

Really enjoyed the book gave me mean girls/the exorcism vibes. Would've given it higher but unfortunately it Included alot of uses of ableist slurs which I know in the 80s was more of the norm but in my opinion added nothing to the overall story so definitely could've been left out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

schomj's review

funny mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Classism

sunshinesyst3m's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Dear lord~ I’m sure others would have liked this book, I just… didn’t and low key regret not DNFing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

Minor: Ableism and Suicide

skyejay95's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism and Homophobia

tonylovd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

there are a LOT of triggers in this book so be careful about those

i was reluctant going into this book because two teenage girl main characters written by a man? a little worrisome. but i sort of realised that the book was satirical towards what horror stories of that genre are usually like. the characters are all very stereotypical 1980s teenage girls, but it didn't slow down my reading or deeply negatively affect my experience reading it.

the pop culture references were wonderful. i found a lot of small moments to be funny while reading.

and wow this book was such a page turner. i couldn't put it down; i was overcome with the sole thought of what happens next?

i would recommend it for people looking for something stranger things-esque 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism