Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Take It Back by Kia Abdullah

4 reviews

clairebonney's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Murder, Addiction, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

Animal cruelty/animal death relates to a swan in chapter 3. The dog in the novel remains unharmed.

chkrato's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Ableism, Rape, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Murder

mikki_9's review

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

msliz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Interesting premise but disappointing execution. Characters felt fairly two-dimensional and as a result it was difficult to become invested in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Islamophobia, and Racism