Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband by Alexia Casale

5 reviews

supermormongirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

mandareads222's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

emilyyjjean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

First off, please pay attention to content warnings. This book could potentially be triggering to some people. 

This was such an emotional but also funny book. I really like how the author weaved in dark humor with the heavy plot topic. I loved all the characters and I felt so stressed for them while they were trying to sort everything out. There were many ups and downs in this book, but it all kept me reading; I couldn’t put it down! 

I’m glad these women were able to escape their husbands. I know the situation in which they’ve escaped is pretty iffy, since they did sort of murder them. But most people aren’t  actually able to escape, and I’m sure that Lockdown made some situations even worse. This book really made me reflect on domestic violence, and I’m definitely going to look into seeing how I can help in my community.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia

tmleblanc's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

I loved this book from page one. Casale did a marvelous job of capturing the isolation of the pandemic and the joy we all found when we discovered a little happiness where we could.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia

sadiaa's review

4.0

This is the first time I've read a book set during the lockdown period, and it's an incredibly important one. The abuse faced by (mainly) women during this time when they were stuck inside with their abusers is an untold story that we don't think about, but is a story that needs to be told. It's dark, but alleviated by snippets of dark humour and female friendships. You can't help but root for all the women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic