Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Delicate Condition: A Novel by Danielle Valentine

5 reviews

radtj's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I love the plot twists and turns and the anxiety you feel from each new piece of info our mc gets! Amazingly scary and thought provoking, also an awesome read for Women’s History month. Very gripping story, would read again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Cannibalism

onemamareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/delicate-condition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

petit_lecteur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 This book was utterly horrific and has left me feeling so so angry. Cathartic and reassuringly familiar in many ways, traumatising and extremely triggering in others. Truly being a woman suffering in a medically misogynistic world is a horrifying, dehumanising experience. It's been a while since I've thought so highly of something that was just so unpleasant to read.

Rating and full review to come as I read this one for Grimdark Magazine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, and Trafficking