Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

7 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Meg, you owe me for emotional damages! You owe me for something! My time back! I am owed!!!

Sick and twisted! But the book isn't bad. The best part is the creative writing. Extremely, vividly, wildly creative. 

This should be a lesson to all parents: if you're a bad enough parent your family tree might end up looking like a diamond!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Abortion, and Abandonment

ann17young's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

It’s weird, wonderful, and gruesome. The bonds of family and blood are blur under the light of a freak show where normal and weird are just words used by those who fear what is different. I have not been so captivated by a book in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so masterfully written but I would not wanna live in this author's brain. This is some wild, disturbing shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

bleepbloop's review

dark

3.5

bleak

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Murder

i_mina_i's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Body shaming

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Rape, and Medical trauma

Minor: Hate crime and Fire/Fire injury

maekay's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

2.0

Bordered on torture porn, not sure why I finished this. Little baffled this won an award.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

lycheejelly's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Dementia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury