Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

8 reviews

at806's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, Genocide, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Moderate: Torture

altarew's review

fast-paced

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

this book sucked so much the ending was so ass it made me want to tear my eyeball from you eye sockets why would they ever make us read this for grade 10 english the beginning rants of the book make there best attempts to make up for the absolutely atrocious writing at the end of the book the ending is so lame I don’t think a third grader would even find this entertaining there decisions for the characters at the end of the book make absolutely no sense and have no development at all 
i don’t really recommend it lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Racism, War, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Child death, Chronic illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Outing, Misogyny, Incest, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Deportation, and Religious bigotry

don’t read please

waywardbard's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicide

Minor: Murder, Classism, Incest, Infertility, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Child death

gurnoor's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

helloits_sam's review

adventurous challenging medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Religious bigotry, and Body shaming

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, and Child death

sabrina_d_arcy's review

reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

veronicats's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

Beautiful story, sad, definitely worth listening to on Audible for full effect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Blood, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, and Medical content

mikki_9's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book gets me every time ♥️♥️♥️ 
Ignore the goodreads book description; it’s much more beautiful than it sounds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death