Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke

10 reviews

lucymbriggs's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

bookwyrm25's review against another edition

2.0

If you like books where women support other women and aren't constantly thinking about how ugly they are because they weigh 10 extra pounds and how ugly other people are because they're a few pounds overweight and how she needs to watch what she eats while eating cookies for breakfast, than this series is not for you.

If you take those parts out of the book, it's really a good cozy mystery. But every time a woman is mentioned it's followed  by how they shouldn't wear something or another because they look fat or shouldn't eat something or another for the same reason. Plus they make her mother unbearable. 

I'm going to try to keep listening to another audiobook just hoping that this gets better because otherwise it's just so cozy and cute. But.... these features are just SO annoying that I'm angry and annoyed half of the book. I don't know if I should keep trying but the series is free with my audible membership and easy to listen to while I work so I guess I'll give the next book a try too. Lets hope it gets less misogynistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Misogyny

catbois's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

It would be charming if it wasn’t so problematic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

chrissaay's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Murder

dreezy's review

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Racism

Minor: Ableism and Domestic abuse

shinysarah28's review

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Fatphobia

justineboots's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I couldn’t resist following up the first book with the second right away and this did not disappoint. Another fun twisty small town mystery.

Just like the first there’s some very questionable/problematic dialogue/comments/humor. Again nothing that wasn’t acceptable at the time the book was published but that really doesn’t belong in modern literature. I’ll leave content warnings but it’s nothing really egregious. 

The characters are well crafted and seem to be whole persons. The love triangle is very subtle and while this is not often a trope I enjoy, I’m appreciating it here. The plot was intriguing and the resolution satisfying. It definitely requires some suspension of disbelief in terms of luck and realism but that is the way with most cozy mysteries. 

My only comment is that both this and the first book were set in winter of the same year and I read the description of the next book and it seems to be another winter setting. How many people are gonna be murdered in a small town in 3 months??? Hahahahaha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

aylonit's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Ableism and Fatphobia

owlien's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia

skelbea's review

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

This book is sadly almost a carbon copy of the first one. Same progression and not much character development. It wouldve been better as a stand alone. The mystery itself was solidly average. Not grounbreaking but not awful. Combine that with the outdated opinions on Indigenous people, fatphobia and an ableist slur, it make for a pretty disappointing read overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Racism

A character is a victim of domestic abuse. There are descriptions of said abuse in the book.

2 people are murdered. Their bodies are described with a little gory detail. One is due to gun violence

Several fatphobic comments about people's size. Anti-Indigenous comments are made in the first half of the book. One use of an ableist slur in the first half of the book.