Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Walking Practice by Dolki Min

3 reviews

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

buying this in print both because it was lovely and because my ereader did not do the art justice! 

wow! what can i say. such a fresh premise, the narrative voice was so refreshing, i don’t think I’ve ever read a book anything like this. if you have, PLEASE recommend! favorite book this year i think

unapologetically queer and making very interesting points about who this world is designed for both physically and in a more abstract sense. definitely graphic and gory but that takes a surprising backseat to the emotions of the main char. idk this book was just great and a lovely opener for Halloween month.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Death, Ableism, Cursing, Excrement, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

lbelow's review

medium-paced

4.0

If not for the fatphobia, (it is one thing to have an unlikeable main character

compare a fat female-coded character they see as prey to large mammals, and quite another for said character to be unbathed in such a way as to be described as being covered in sweat and shit that transfers to the main character during sex)

, I would have given this book 5 stars. For one thing, it is really f***king weird and I love that. For another, the themes of gender performativity and transness are top notch. And so many passages make my little disabled heart glad. I related SO MUCH to this journey of invisible disability, chronic pain, and an uncooperative body. For these reasons, I consider it well worth the read (though check the content warnings). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Body horror, Murder, Cursing, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Blood, Fatphobia, Death, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Body shaming

Minor: Ableism and Misogyny

I added Cannibalism as a content warning, but it's not really cannibalism so much as an alien wearing a human disguise to hunt and eat humans post-sex.

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was a really fascinating look at gender,  hook up culture, and human-ness through the eyes of a nonbinary alien that needs to

feast on humans

to survive. honestly, one of the more inventive, funny, and downright strange books I’ve read in a while. It’s gory, graphic, and strange, but when the commentary hits, it hits hard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Transphobia, Body shaming, and Ableism

Minor: Cannibalism