Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

5 reviews

ruthmoog's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

Barrington is flawed - the way he talks about his wife and women in his life is nasty - but he is nonetheless likeable, charismatic, funny!

I laughed aloud at this, Barrington speaks as you might to a friend. And it's emotionally intimate as Barrington lets us in on his big secrets.

I enjoyed it a lot, and the narration is great. Looking forward to the TV series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, and Outing

Knife violence

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Dementia

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming and Outing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Classism

sakisreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-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

5.0

Wow. Bernadine Evaristo does not 👏🏼 mess 👏🏼 around 👏🏼 After reading ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ and obsessing over it, I was over the moon when I saw this book in Waterstones! I adore Barry and you can really feel how nuanced and multifaceted he is (in terms of his career, his culture and his sexuality - none of it is black or white and feels three-dimensional)! The end surprised and made me squeal though 🥰

Because although Barry is a dick, I expected her to be a ‘woman of God’ whatever that means and to stay with him for life somehow! I didn’t see this transformation building!

I am recommending this to anyone who will tolerate my squeals about it, it is STUNNING 🏳️‍🌈

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

samixox's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

As a Black queer girl who is struggling with the idea of ever coming out to my homophobic family this book was what I needed. It is the story of an Antiguan gay man learning to accept his own sexuality while constantly being surrounded by (sometime  also internalised) homophobia while he learns to see the good in people. He's no saint and doesn't pretend to be. Reading it made me feel like I was in London. This is his story of still daring to be brave while being only human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, and Classism