Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

88 reviews

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

teddereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

analoglesbian's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

This book is a (mostly) lighthearted and child-friendly story of a young boy temporarily escaping an abusive home by attending magic school. There are a lot of plot and narrative elements that mimic other boarding school stories and child-oriented mystery novels. The abusive family members are described as fat/ugly/greedy/nosy as shorthand for "bad people". The abusive home environment of the protagonist is never meaningfully acknowledged and he is forced to return at the end of the year after a particularly traumatic end of term where he is forced to kill in self-defence.

As the author has become a well-known supporter of hate groups in the past several years, I could never in good conscience recommend this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse and Death

gvstyris's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Murder

timmytunter's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

cherryboo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

3.75

I didn't read this as a kid, and figured it'd be worth giving a shot given how big of a cultural icon it is, and how much Rowling has dominated LGBTQ+ discussions in the last few years. 
It's a decent book! BUT there are so so so many parts that age horrifically (the insane amount of fatphobia and racism about Sikh men to name a few), and that's so disappointing, but I won't deny that I would've loved this book as a kid, and so, I feel for people who had their hearts crushed by Rowling's recent horrific actions. 
She's still absolutely horrid, and, wow, her writing has aged so much worse than many other authors of her era. I think her time has long gone though, and so while I'm glad to have read this, I don't plan on continuing as I think I've seen enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Racism

bubski_mcboo's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Upon re-reading the novels, it's hard not to see the author's traditionalist, gender-conformist mindset. 

Once, I believed in separating the art from the artist, but this is the first time I've had to try doing so while the artist is still alive and using wealth gained from their art to cause suffering.

Writers have power, the living have power, and the wealthy have power. She is all of those things. I have to do what I can to take the power I gave her back, and this is it.

For children who have yet to be jaded by the world, this book will remain a staple.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

whirl's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

pam_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Death of parent