Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Gli invisibili by Pajtim Statovci

6 reviews

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Homophobia, Racism, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

errie's review against another edition

challenging dark

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Confinement, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide

leahb88's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The writing in this book was so gorgeous I underlined so many good quotes. I love reading from an unlikeable main character and Arsim takes the cake he was truly cruel. It was like following him throughout his life and watching the destruction unfold behind him. It was so interesting how he tied it to mythology. I was slightly confused about it at the beginning but it all made sense by the end. The way that this book ended was so heartbreaking but so perfect. DEFINITELY check the TW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Rape, Pedophilia, War, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming

harrydaylight's review against another edition

3.75

I’m having such a hard time reviewing this book, or even rating it. 3.75 stars doesn’t feel right, but neither does any other rating.
As a Kosovo albanian, this book is so fucking difficult to read. I really don’t know what I was expecting when I first started it, but not that. 
It’s so incredibly depressing. And the main character is so unbelievably cruel, like I legit don’t have any words for him. 
What a dark, dark novel with such a haunting ending.
But it’s written so well, and it was hard to put the book down, even if it upset me at times. There’s something so tangible about the way this story is written, like I could reach out and touch it and know exactly what streets are being described, the people, the feelings, the depression and the awfulness of the war here, the aftermath. 
I wish it wasn’t this fucking sad though, but it’s a very realistic book and I can’t take that away from it. 
I don’t think I’ll ever reread this, but I’m glad to have read it. I know it’ll stay with me for a long time. 
Definitely go through the TWs for this one, it’s so heavy at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Violence, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Gore, Abandonment, Homophobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

michelsalamouni's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

_juriireads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Excrement