Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Memorial by Bryan Washington

28 reviews

madelinedalton's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

kaii'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book made me sob on not one, but two, german trains

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Grief

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

the lack of quotation marks, the monotonous nature of the chapters, the boring main characters....i just couldn't do it anymore lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

isobelk_18's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Fatphobia

ejrbrown's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

agnesg's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Not my favorite story but I bet it would be for someone else. Well done. I love how we got to see the same events from different perspectives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Fatphobia

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

This was a five star read right up until the end. I'm not usually picky about endings, but this one ultimately left me wondering about the purpose of the story. Which was probably the purpose of said ending! But still irks me.

Beautiful writing, engaging and deep characters. Would not be opposed to a reread – maybe bc I read it in audio, some details went over my head that would've made the ending land better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

winter_b's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The conversations between Benson and Mitsuko are very difficult to follow. Their communication is very unclear and no tone indicators are used to clarify their intensions or thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Racism

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail