Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley

53 reviews

ellieroberts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm

yourpalwhit's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

Although this is the first lit fic i could actually finish is several months, there is something about it that really perturbs me. It's not just that rollercoaster ride of emotions i can only equate to a Disney princess film, but also, something about the introduction of the brother's sexuality, the focus on developing his reactions to it rather than actually developing him into an endearing character before writing him into what reads like a pretty clique ending--almost like he was developed to be the "token" in a contemporary novel just so people would buy it. Like when people say "I have a friend who's <insert Black, Latino, Trans person, gay> here. 

Another thing that perturbs me about this book is the ending. I had to fight the urge to skip ahead in some parts of the story...to will myself not to just skip to the last page, only to get to the last page and have the author give out. I don't always need a happy ending, but some kind of ending would have been nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, and Toxic friendship

fmasterson16's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, and Suicide

nzmerchant's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Genuinely don’t know how to rate this book because it made me feel so many things all at once, and i hate that but it’s also kinda done it’s job in that sense? Feel like I need a couple of weeks to process this book. Anyone who says it’s like “Normal People” is lying - it’s probably closer to “A Little Life” in terms how much trauma and shit that characters are put through. I will say (no pun intended) that I loved the theme about passions and following what you love, filling your life and time with that. But I cannot stand how much the characters had to endure to learn that. And I don’t think this level of “yearning” should be glorified or aspired to. These kids trauma bonded and formed an unhealthy attachment to each other - whether that got healthier at the end when they worked on themselves, idk but it just seems rather odd to me that everyone thinks this is romantic. Or maybe I’m just projecting at this point because it scares me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

emmamc02's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Will understands yearning like nobody else. 
The mutual pining, the tension... its everything. 

Although Rosie did make some questionable choices tbh, Will did kind of deserve better...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

nineinchnails's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

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

2.75

i genuinely wanted to like this so badly but it just falls flat. i think reading this with the normal people comparisons in mind ruined this for me because i love normal people and, aside from the lack of speech marks, they had very little in common. the writing felt stilted and shallow so i struggled feeling connected to our main characters (i found the other characters a lot more intriguing though) and it doesn't help that i found them very annoying. i tend to like "unlikeable" characters but will and rosie were boring above all else. the prose comes off quite tryhard tumblrina to me but i can see why some people might enjoy it this book just wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

scottishgremlin's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A poignant narrative and some beautiful prose. However, the Rooney-esque lack of speech marks did annoy me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Suicide

yajairat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall a good read! I liked that this romance was healing for them. I love books that focus on the transformative power of relationships, especially between two people that are going through hardships. 

I was not a big fan of the lack of quotation marks in this case. I’ve read them before and had no issue, but for some reason I found myself having to reread certain parts of the book. I also thought there was not enough focus on some of these topics that were affecting the main characters. The analysis felt a bit half hearted to me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicide

textualfantasies's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Eating disorder

iovreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

my god can these people ever catch a break

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Eating disorder