Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

29 reviews

beckycarter97's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

I...I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. 🤔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, and Emotional abuse

eunoia11's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Rape

adrianacr's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.0

I liked the fairy tale style and the way the recipes were woven into the narrative. Unfortunately, the narrative itself wasn't very good. The main character falls in love with a man with zero good qualities and lusts after him for years because they're forbidden to marry. He treats both her and his wife so badly and they're both so into him. There are two interesting characters and they're both hardly in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, and Violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Vomit

rosita's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

It could have been a 4.5 or even a 5. The magical realism was great, the writing even better; still i can't forgive

  that Tita ended up with Pedro instead of John. John was a freaking angel  and Pedro raped her. Rape is never romantic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

francestea's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

An old favourite (especially the first several chapters)! I would really love to edit out the outdated racial language and fatphobic remarks to make this book hold up long term.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

Under the Tuscan Sun meets Chocolat. I specifically enjoy the chapters featuring the wedding cake and quail in rose petals ;)