Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Forbidden: Part One by Emilia Emerson

27 reviews

joxeia's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

excelente libroooo. ahora q lo pienso, no puedo decidir entre cual alfa es mi favorito 😂

ese .5 es porque no había MM 😩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

whichdirection's review

medium-paced

2.5

I’m all for mental health discussions/struggles in books but the author’s word choices surrounding her body issues made me v uncomfortable; I also feel like their backstories came out in big trauma dumps rather than naturally revealing.
The beginning called this book cozy and I definitely do not agree with that. I was stressing from beginning to end.

This is all sort of just thinly veiled allegory for the current american political climate…
I wasn’t gonna read the second one and I haven’t decided if I am, but the (very predictable) ending stressed me out so fuckin much I might need to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Sexual harassment

ivyromancerecs's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

jo22c's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. It was a bit of a rough read from a trauma perspective. The characters are loveable and it's a bit like a slice-of-life that has them coming together to deal with their shit. Sprinkle in a bit of fighting to overthrow a distopian government. Be sure to read TWs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Torture

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

mightymaite's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

FMC has low self esteem connected to her weight and body image and suffers from binge eating. Internal thoughts concerning this are prevalent. Active body shaming throughout this book from her parents and others. Proceed with caution if you have body image issues or an eating disorder, this book could trigger you.

kassiebetweenpages's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book gave me all the feels

I Loved this book so much! The author did an excellent job taking care to capturing some real life struggles that plus size people experience without the book feeling like it was outright fat shaming.it was handled with such care while also giving a voice to our FMC's past trauma and experiences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

owlslibrary's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

This story of healing and giving love a second change is an absolute heart tugger and IM SO EXCITED FOR BOOK TWO!
You can not help but fall in love with all of Pack Ashwood because they just have so much love to give to Josie and she deserves every drop of it. 
The driving scene is so funny! 
I can’t wait for more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical trauma