Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

9 reviews

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

Claire sees people as ghosts before they die. That’s how she knows it’s time for her to kill them. Claire has been getting away with murder (literally) for years, but now, someone knows her secret…

I absolutely loved every page of this book. Never has a serial killer been funnier! Claire quickly became one of my favorite book characters of all time. I don’t know that you’re supposed to love a serial-killing sociopath, but in Claire’s defense, they were bad people! …mostly 👀 

I had no idea how this book was going to end! Wallace did a fantastic job of not revealing too much too early so you didn’t figure it all out before Claire did and the book was gripping the whole way through. 

If you love a thriller and deadpan British humor, this is the book for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

bookaddictlt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

buttercat42's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, and Dementia

Moderate: Addiction and Gore

Minor: Fatphobia

sagewithlove's review against another edition

3.75

I enjoyed the book and i was excited to see how ridiculous it got. I laughed out loud and get that claire is witty, world-hating, murderer. I liked the exploration of grief through a serial's perspective. 

The fatphobia was very distateful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

sn0w0's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

The UK specific racism was highly informative. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

vezreads's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, and Murder

ellecam's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

i finished this book in 24 hours, could not put it down. thought for the first half it was definitely going to be 5 stars from me, but i’ve seen other reviews say they felt towards the end it fell a bit flat and i agree. also TW:

elder abuse, couldn’t find the right trigger warning tag.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Dementia

bmulford's review

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Death of parent

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

claire doesn’t have much of a personality beyond hating everyone, and literally every other character is empty and unlikeable. the advertised (dry) humor in the book isn’t really there, either, but instead feels extremely underwhelming and is presented as the internal monologue of a clearly neurodivergent person, but i did exhale through my nose a few times, if that counts. the story was pretty unique in an american psycho/dexter kind of way with a lot of good twists, so it has that going for it. 

i dunno, i had much higher hopes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Physical abuse, Racism, and Death of parent