Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

32 reviews

rethabile's review

inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

macykey's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

So so so so so cute!! I like this book better than Chloe Brown. I forgot how much I loved the banter in this book! I also love to see a man being the hopeless romantic and not being shamed for it. And the representation for mental health? Chef’s kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia

emfass's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.75

Re-read for Bad Ass Babes Book Club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual harassment

arbyreads's review

emotional funny 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

5.0

So so good. My library didn’t have GALCB on e-book so this is my first Talia Hibbert novel and I loved it!! Characters are so lovely and the set up is so good. Also love a romance novel that has a character who also loves romance novels. 

I though TH did a really good job showing how someone should react to a friend/ partner have an anxiety attack in public when DB sat w ZA. It was thoughtful yet casual and I really appreciated it since I haven’t seen something that felt that authentic and real and right in a book before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia and Toxic relationship

aliagalal's review

funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

monicavillasb's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Fatphobia

anna_wa's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

I've been making my way through the Brown Sisters books in reverse order. I started with Act Your Age Eve Brown and loved it so much that I had to read the others - and when I found out this book starred a bisexual woman who ends up with a man, I couldn't wait to read it. I feel like there are truly not enough books where bisexual women end up with men and they aren't written as "changing sides" or "betraying the LGBT+ community" and I'm glad to find any books that treat bisexual women who end up with men with respect.

It's really hard to define the pacing of this book, because as you can probably guess by the description of the book, they kiss rather soon (for the purposes of their fake relationship) and they also

have sex

rather soon. But as for actually admitting their romantic feelings to themselves and to each other? That takes a very, very long time. So, I guess, it varies reader-by-reader on if you would find this too fast or too slow or just right.

Anyway, I love how this author manages to make her characters into real individuals, with their own problems and their own strengths. They aren't books that are ONLY focused on the eventual romance, but are also books focused on improving the individuals and their views of themselves, which is amazing. Dani has had one too many romantic relationships end in disaster and so she believes the best thing to do is just not have any more of them, and instead focus on finding the perfect "friend with benefits". Zaf is a hopeless romantic who has seen unhappy endings in his own life and wants to avoid that at all costs.

Zaf's father and brother died in a car crash and because of that, because of the pain he watched his sister-in-law go through after losing her true love, he doesn't want that for himself.

So basically they both have lots of baggage to unpack, and they do, and it is treated with respect by the author and the lovers (sorry, fake-lovers-turned-real-lovers).

It's a beautiful novel in so many different ways. Highly recommend. Can't wait to read the Chloe Brown book next; she was my favorite side character in both Eve Brown and Dani Brown's books.

Warnings for anxiety, depression, a panic attack, and grieving over the death of a loved one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

beccaand's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

Wonderful. Talia Hibbert's writing is so compulsively readable.
I loved Dani a lot and related to a lot of her thoughts about being a post-grad student and the dedication to her work, and Zaf was just a genuine sweetheart, and the passion and dedication he had towards Tackle It was so heartwarming as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Grief

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Islamophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

lena04's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Car accident

readalongwithnat's review

emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I never want to leave the Brown sisters because I love them so, so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

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