Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

57 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

v0idborne's review against another edition

2.0

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Shocking, not particularly clever. Unreliable narrator doesn't quite explain the plot holes. I hope the movie takes a cue from The Substance and plays up the grossness, it's the most memorable part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Misogyny, Self harm, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Cannibalism

Every kind of violence and gore possible - eye trauma, dental trauma, animal abuse/death, violence against children and infants, poisoning, stabbing, hanging, burning, burying alive...

saintswitchblade's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny mysterious 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

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My inner edgelord loved this book. Better than American Psycho by a longshot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Abortion

hanarama's review against another edition

2.75

dark funny mysterious fast-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

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I was going to give this 2 stars but the climax was wickedly entertaining. 

Before that point however, I was really not feeling this book. With all the hype I was seeing, the comparisons to American Psycho, and the initially intriguing narration, I was very excited to pick this up. Unfortunately, I found most of it all kinda pointless. 

The weirdness often came across as happening just for the sake of it. Winifred was not particularly compelling, and with how sloppy she is it's a wonder that she made it to the climax without being caught. Any commentary that this text is trying to make on the nature of evil, nature vs nurture, what have you falls flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest

ethc's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

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This book is extremely gory, and i think that’s the best part of it. The language really paints a vivid image which is startling and repulsive. The book has left me with questions, wanting to do research. In some ways, it reminds me of Perfume in the way it questions if evil is born or nurtured. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

notapenguin's review against another edition

2.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Racism

Minor: Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

aneirinp's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The best way I can describe this book is that if the narrator from The Yellow Wallpaper escaped at the end of the story and became a governess. It was disturbing and I couldn’t look away the same way one cannot look away from a car crash (complimentary). I found myself concerned with how often I was rooting for the main character despite the atrocities throughout the book. I laughed at things that shouldn’t have made me laugh and the humour interlacing with the madness as you anticipated the ending enraptured me so that I will be reading again. I was sure I had managed to predict all that would happen in the end, though one detail still managed to surprise me. If you would like a look into a disturbed mind from 1800s England, but still laugh along with way (albeit quite covered in blood), this is a book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Classism

comradeghost's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was a fascinating read. I’ve never read something like this. I loved that it was in first person, it felt like I was in her mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Blood

Minor: Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Death of parent

cournme's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow, what a wild ride. This felt like A Christmas Carol made of intrusive thoughts. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Fatphobia, Miscarriage

sierrasaur's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation