Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

27 reviews

katherina_lei's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.0

I liked this book eventually. It was good enough that I kept listening, even though I didn't love Maggie and her very self-destructive behaviors. I like the ending a lot. I thought the writing and narrating was good. I just don't know if this is my type of book. I was worried the whole time that the depictions of Maggie's behaviors, and her eating disorder specifically, were going to get more graphic, and I knew that if it got much worse I was not going to be able to finish the book. All together, these things made this a solidly 3 star read. I didn't love it, but I didn't want to stop reading it, and in the end, I liked Maggie, the characters, and the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Drug use

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a relatively good slice of life, post divorce life. I think the downward spiral was super realistic and it didn't end with a perfect happy ever after, because that wasn't realistic. I do wish her PhD played a bigger role, like it is unrealistic to be like "oh she just goes to work and then comes home and be sad" like work as a PhD is not easy. I also found the pacing/split of the novel not great, like it took so long to get anywhere and then changes started happening super quick in the last hour of the audiobook. Another annoying thing

amy was portrayed as one thing, being a drunk and a hater, but then does a 180 out of the blue and we have no clue as to how or when she made the changes so that was an annoying illogical part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

bellsdixon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia and Eating disorder

hanz's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

lindseybkoehler's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

2.5

Characters were generally either irredeemably insufferable or too bland to comment upon. There was a single scene with representation of a person using they/them pronounds that I enjoyed the non-ceremony of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

ferdie's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This is a book about how miserable we are when we are miserable. There were times when I just wanted to shake Maggie (the protagonist) and got so sick of her shit, but then I remembered me in my darkest days too and just sighed. I loved how visceral Really Good, Actually is, in a way that feels true. Some parts got a a little too annoying and went on for too long, but overall I'm really happy to have read this and feel more insightful myself. Cheers to getting through the hard stuff :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content