Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

4 reviews

imds's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Gun violence, Deportation, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

issyd23's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Nora Ephron is a genius! Although I’m probably too gentile to fully appreciate her wit 5🥗

Not only was she married to Carl Bernstein (1/2 of Woodward/Bernstein who broke THE Watergate scandal) but she figured out the identity of Deep Throat and would casually name drop ‘Mark Felt’ at dinner parties. A true legend gone way too soon!!

‘I want him back’
‘What do you want him back for? You just said he was a schmuck’
‘I want him back so I can yell at him and tell him his a schmuck, anyway he’s my schmuck and I want him to stop seeing her and I want him to say that he never really loved her and he must have been crazy and I want him to die and her to die to’
‘I thought you said you want him back’
‘I do but I want him back dead’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Cancer, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Outing, Bullying, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

skeltzer's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

2.0

I realized halfway through that this is the comedy cousin to The Year of Magical Thinking. This is a very upper middle class story with associated humor and puchlines (everyone has a maid; everyone sleeping with everyone else) with dated references and cringeworthy passages (peep the content warnings). I do like the recipes sprinkled through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Classism, Body shaming, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Fatphobia

trolololson's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-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? No

4.0

I thought the prose was so quick witted, smart and sad. Obviously its about divorce so it’s going to cover a wide range of emotion. I love Ephrons sense of humor and her ability to describe people (reminds me of Austen). It reads super fast and feels almost like it could have been a standup special. My one qualm is Ephron says a couple homophobic/racist things in it. Was a bit jarring. Other than that, it was really good?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Racism