Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

52 reviews

annikthegaycat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

swamprat410's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, and Classism

llorona's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a favorite of mine when I was in middle school and the reread left me pretty captivated. Interesting take on beauty and society and intriguing villains and heroes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dmrains's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Rereading this as an adult with my high school students, I noticed a lot of tropes I've come to really dislike among YA novels

"special girl" Tally instead of writing Shay as a more important character

fridging Shay by having her have the surgery against her will really did her dirty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Racism, Torture, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

My students were really upset that

Tally & Shay didn't ride off into the sunset as a cute lesbian couple

comefromaway's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

If 30 year old me loved this book, I can’t imagine how much 15 year old me would have adored it!
Really interesting concept that took a minute to get into but once I was there I flew through this.
Only thing I didn’t love is that I there isn’t an ‘end’, it just seems to flow straight into the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Eating disorder

rissa_roo_pa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I read this series in HS and now a decade later am re-reading. I still really enjoyed this storyline, but it did feel a little adolescent and slow at first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Medical trauma

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, and Eating disorder

freesiaelect's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Body shaming

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the premise of this dystopia is interesting, but some things personally failed in execution for me, particularly the random romance arc and the timeline of when their world formed from ours. but it was super enjoyable to read and think about and engage with!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder

the entire premise is that only certain features are pretty so..

daisdu's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

4.0

Reread. Definitely don't love it as much as I did in middle school, but it still holds up for me. As an adult, David really comes off as a groomer, but I don't think that makes the story worse, in fact I think it improves the story a bit. The premise of the world is really interesting and I really love the moral dilemma at it's core. I think Tally and Shae read as extremely believably 16, which can definitely make them annoying at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Death of parent

allidone's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, and Medical trauma