Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

9 reviews

ryannreidreads's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Four stars for the last chapter. 

My god this book was a wild fucking ride. I love an unlikable protagonist so I didn’t hate it, but she’s the worst. It’s a really good depiction of how an addiction to anything, really, can control your life and that you have to want to be better in order to be better. 

That ending was wild. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Blood

slimeswords's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.25

a gorgeous tale (tail?) exploring  the horrors that come from loving love more than you love yourself, or anything else. i almost stopped reading a few times, first from fatphobia and then from the discomfort of seeing myself in the narrator’s desperation. i’m so glad i kept on. everything sits perfectly balanced on the rocky edge- between self-destruction and growth,  judgment and empathy, fantasy and reality, love and hate. the ending was pitch perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and Fatphobia

froggoz13's review against another edition

dark

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

Really bad in my opinion. Bad writing, bad story, bad characters. The main character Lucy is a really bad person and the rest of the story doesn't redeem that. The disgusting details of her life weren't funny to me so I did not enjoy reading any of the book. Many parts were absurd and the dialogue was simple so ut was quite easy and quick to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Stalking

redus_reuse_recycle's review against another edition

challenging slow-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

1.0

I really feel like this book had some interesting ideas and some really compelling sections

(namely the chunk near the end when she’s contemplating suicide via having Theo drown her)

but the main character was so annoying that I literally could not enjoy it. 

Also I think Lucy would be a terf (too much “divine feminine” crap from her) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Fatphobia

whatadutchgirlreads's review

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia

bridgetbo's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Dysphoria

magdalenak02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

zombiezami's review

I kept starting the book and then getting annoyed by the main character and stopping it, to the point where I dreaded that this was in my Libby queue. Not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Excrement, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

shereadsshenoms's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Vomit