Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

12 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

lydiacroft's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Body shaming

The main character slowly kills her sister's dog through tranquilising him so she can have sex with a merman

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

bellebeaumont95's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense 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

3.5

 To want what you had—now, that was an art, a gift maybe.

This was sort of a brutal read. I both recognized myself in Lucy and felt repelled by her, often simultaneously. It's very much a deep dive into neurosis, a little addictive, with interesting, tiring, funny, disgusting, moving writing spread throughout. Mostly I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the ending, since it's always tragic when depression has a death toll.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual content, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident

siriface's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Relapse, Menstruation

addythebookbat's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Animal death, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

limpitok's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Mental illness, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

stevie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad 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: Animal death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

lycheejelly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Mental illness

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