Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

21 reviews

maxgdy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Police brutality, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Drug use, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Addiction, Self harm, Body horror, Blood, Fatphobia, and Cursing

Minor: Abortion

ajlct's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Mental illness, Ableism, and Rape

katievh's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Classism, Body shaming, Police brutality, Gore, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Murder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Rape, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

booktribe's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

📚 The Dirty Kid: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 The Inn: ⭐️⭐️✨

📚 The Intoxicated Years: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 Adela’s House: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 An Invocation of the Big Eared Runt: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: graphic child death)

📚 Spiderweb: ⭐️⭐️✨

📚 End of Term: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 No Flesh Over Our Bones: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: fatphobia)

📚 The Neighbor’s Courtyard: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 Under the Black Water: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (tw: suicide, ableist language)

📚 Green Red Orange: ⭐️⭐️✨ (tw: depression, mentions of rape, child SA and death, animal cruelty)

📚 Things We Lost in the Fire: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: domestic abuse, self harm)

Average rating: 3.7 ⭐️’s

I wish a lot of the stories had been longer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Fatphobia, Ableism, Rape, and Animal cruelty

cass_lit's review

2.25

Nope. This was not for me. I have two major issues:
1) The format. These were short stories that didn’t seem interconnected, but most (I think at least one wasn’t) were told in first person. This means as soon as you figure out who your narrator is, because there’s no omniscient one to tell you, you’re moving onto another narrator. I don’t dislike short stories or essays as a rule, but this one really didn’t work for me. 
2) The content. What the fuck. I get that it’s macabre intentionally and meant to reflect the horror of reality, but when these topics are brought up in short stories like this without the space to discuss them… it just feels exploitative. 

Some examples, though I’m sure I’m forgetting a few (*trigger and spoiler warnings ahead*): child abuse, child rape, child murder, child neglect, alcohol and drug abuse, rape, murder, abuse, animal cruelty (including eating of a live cat), use of the r-word and racist/xenophobic/classist language. And again — I get that these are unfortunately real horrors sometimes (or are meant to represent other real issues), but *I* don’t like when there’s no discussion on them apart from their shock value. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Excrement, Sexual violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Rape, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Police brutality, Body horror, Body shaming, and Classism

Minor: Lesbophobia and Gaslighting

laurenboys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Murder, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

kelisabeth's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Transphobia

emmaopaline's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Child death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Abandonment and Animal cruelty

revafisheye's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Addiction

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Suicide, Sexism, Vomit, Body horror, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Animal death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Ableism, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Murder