Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

45 reviews

thevieira's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Death, Violence, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Suicide, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Body shaming, and Sexual content

jadegeddes's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder and Body shaming

fallandfox's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Body shaming, Vomit, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder

kindra_demi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Going into this book, I knew I was going to like this book, but I'm actually surprised how much I really liked this book. I was worried about how the Shakespeare dialogue would impact my understanding because I'm not super comfortable interpreting his work, but I actually didn't struggle nearly as much as I did when I used to read Shakespeare. In fact, I this book made me want to go and read another Shakespeare story I hadn't heard of yet and then come back to this book to understand the full gravity of emotions & foreshadowing it played into the story. Actually, I just want to go back and reread it to really analyze the Shakespeare quotes that were chosen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

marthaoreilly's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming and Eating disorder

alice_clay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

maracosplay_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

melissakae731's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Violence

minche's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Body shaming, and Homophobia

liteartha's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

it’s been a long while since i picked up a book quite as hyped as if we were villains, nor a book that had sat untouched on my shelf for quite so long⁣⁣. i've been intimated by it for ages!
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i’ll first say that i’m immensely glad to have finally read it! and relieved, too, that my trepidation was largely unwarranted. while the story didn’t affect me quite as wholly as i think it would’ve if i had a background in shakespeare or a penchant for theatre, this is a hell of a novel all the same. it took me a couple of days to make it past the first act, but i absolutely sped through it once the messy, spiralling feeling of the book took hold
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i split my time between the print and audio formats of the book and i have to say that the audiobook helped immensely in drawing me in, owed both to the narrator’s voice acting and evident experience with shakespeare (a relief, as i’d been butchering the many many quotes used)

i listened while i read along for act v and the epilogue, which was an excellent choice. i’d found certain things quite predictable but had totally misunderstood where things were heading in the end, which was so good! so good. love to be wrong sometimes
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there is something i can’t quite put my finger on that i didn’t love here. a certain lack of attachment to the characters, maybe, or simply my aforementioned disconnect from shakespeare/theatre but all the same, quite impressed by this one. the hype may be a touch overblown but really, when isn’t it? ⁣⁣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Body shaming