Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Ciudad de Jade by Fonda Lee

6 reviews

nightaviations's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

if i was interested in the characters and invested in their wellbeing i would have been able to care about the clan war. unfortunately, the characters i thought i would love did not get much time to shine. also the fatphobic descriptions sprinkled in there made me so uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

ajparmentier's review against another edition

I  really wanted to get into this book. But not 15 minutes into the audiobook and the fatphobia is already too much. The words used to describe the characters really bothered me. And a fat character is deemed "unworthy" to wield jade because they are fat. Pass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm extremely emotionally attached to all of the main characters and am a little terrified to read the next two books, not gonna lie. I think the characterizations and descriptions are so well done... ugh. I love it.

I cried multiple times at Lan's death and how people mourned him afterward as well. Oof. Honestly stunning emotional writing in that sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia

dodie_sullivan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Dementia, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Outing

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

 - Do you love stories like The Godfather or Succession but wish they included magic? JADE CITY is the book for you! Warring clans with intricate hierarchies and long histories vie for territory as the younger generation jockeys for power. Plus, excellent fight scenes.
- As much as I enjoyed this story, I can't talk about it without discussing the anti-fat bias woven through it, which really dragged everything down for me. Most minor characters weren't given physical descriptions unless they were fat. Then, every time they were mentioned, so was their fatness, and it never had any bearing on what was happening in that scene. Poor Chancellor Son was forever pursing his "thick lips," drumming his "sausage fingers" or heaving himself up on his "heavy elbows." Recruits who clearly weren't going to make it into the ranks of the clans were "clever, but pudgy," or "doughy and insipid." These fat characters were all shown as being lazy or incompetent in one way or another, often described as having once been formidable warriors who now ate and drank too much. If a character was described as being hardworking, loyal, etc., their size usually wasn't mentioned.
- This is not me telling you to cancel this book and this author - I just want to point out how pervasive these stereotypes are, and how often we don't even notice them in our stories (especially in fantasy, where the protagonists are usually thin and able bodied.) Read the book if the story sounds good to you, but go in aware of this aspect of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape