Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

57 reviews

nashreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

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 death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

mjslibrary's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Murder

k_rose95's review against another edition

3.5

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism

the_reader_witch's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

holly_pop's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is gory and I personally found parts of it very funny. What I do NOT get is why Fred's mother found her to be so evil from infancy, although there ARE clear indications later in her childhood that she's a sick, twisted weirdo. Nor do I get why Winifred's mother referred to her father as the Devil. An unlikeable boor, yes. Nobody Fred encounters in the book is at all likeable. They're all pretty insufferable people who deserve a lot of petty vitriol, but there's nothing there to explain the level of ensuing violence inflicted upon them. Thus, the only explanation is, Winifred really is a psycho. Also, there are some...events (Original Baby, Miss Lamb, apparently others for which we don't get the full details)...that stretch credibility (you're telling me NOBODY noticed?) On the plus side, Winifred has a great voice, and the book has vivid imagery. I could see this as an A24 movie. This isn't great literature, but it is good fun if you like a bit of the old ultraviolence and books about women being completely unhinged.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Minor: Fatphobia

tribe8fan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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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Twisted humor, mystery, slasher horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Torture, Death of parent

kds247's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A story about a Psycho Killer Victorian Nanny in England (with a twist)? What’s not to like!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Cannibalism

catacosmick's review against another edition

3.0

dark 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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Another Gothic-horror historical fiction book…I think I might have a type.

Only 200 pages long, Victorian Psycho is about a governess named Winifred Notty, the peak definition of an unreliable narrator. She narrates her numerous murders, which she suspiciously gets away with. She kills children, bites earlobes and horses. What a charming lady!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Fatphobia, Stalking

another_dahlia's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

hannargh's review against another edition

5.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Do you like your horror stories absolutely feral? Do you like your gothic stories to be inverted where the terror of the house is the protagonist, and you know her every bonkers thought? Can you manage insane (INSANE) amounts of straight-faced blood and gore?

If you said no to any of the above then absolutely do not read this book. It will horrify you and you will hate it.
If you're thinking sure I could handle some pervasion then you are in for a treat.

The writing is slick and fast-paced. There is no sympathy for Winnifred Notty, but none for her wards or guests of Endsor House either. It also pokes fun at the period and its own genre.

I'm not sure what it says about me that I really enjoyed it but I don't know what else to call it apart from feral.

I received an eARC of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Classism