Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

31 reviews

leena_n's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really like this book and the whole series. It deals with so many important and relevant themes and embodies a realistic dystopian world. I started to reread the whole series every year and I'm still not losing interest in this story ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

schrammanda's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming and Dysphoria

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

permanme's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Eating disorder

splinter_winter's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Classism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Medical content, and Animal death

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Blood

queenkath32's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Honestly? I liked it! Pretties is peak YA sci-fi dystopian in its simplicity, approachability, ridiculousness, lukewarm romances, unexpected nuggets of wisdom, and charm. Did Shay

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ultimately feel like a character of plot convenience

? Sure. Was Tally and

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David's relationship cookie-cutter and dull

? Predictably. Was the explanation of what made someone "pretty" problematic? Oh, absolutely. But the tale that Westerfield spins is fun and even insightful (though ultimately misguided) in assessing the weaknesses that make topple societies. I'm happy that stories like these exist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming