Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

140 reviews

ahopson's review against another edition

It was an audiobook and I got through chapter 2 and I was done. I couldn’t get into the way the main characters described other women they interacted with. The characters felt extremely shallow and self absorbed and it just kind of turned me off of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

alex_bousquet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, and Drug use

igroswell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So, to me, this was everything I want in a thriller. Never knew where it was going, plot twist after plot twist that I couldn’t predict. Absolutely fabulous writing. I loved the way the author described things, it really helped you picture what was going on. There are heavy themes in this book, and some of it very graphic. I definitely recommend reading the content warnings before starting it, but if you are okay with the content and love mysteries/thrillers, you’ll love this. It also presents strong female characters which I always love to see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Dementia

briknecht's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

My first KS book so I’m not sure if this is just her style but this was insane. It felt a bit long, and I could have done without some of the torture descriptions. 

The story definitely hooked me but the constant reminders of the beautiful Claire/Julia vs “fat” Lydia got annoying really quickly. I didn’t love that we never got an explanation for

the murderer other than he’s a psychopath. So many other things got over explained but this one was just brushed right over?

 

I hear great things about KS so I’ll give her another try in a few months. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Fatphobia

shea_buttah's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kradle's review against another edition

I am so glad I DNF’d. Plot twist was predictable within about an hour of the audiobook, but I stayed around thinking it might be subversive. It was not. Characters were flat and almost charicatures. Insanely graphic torture/rape descriptions that didn’t seem necessary and provided little to no narrative value. 

Also ENOUGH with a character being fat and eating chips as a “flaw”. Lydia’s weight was harped on all the time. A reddit commenter described some plot points as, “Lydia is fat, thus she is strong”. I think that sums up Slaughter’s effort on building the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Fatphobia, and Trafficking

hannuhbookish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.75

The story was compelling, but should’ve been trimmed down more. It was also much, much more gruesome and violent than I anticipated. Over and over and over. Could’ve done with less of that. I did come to really feel for the main characters, and it made me want to see how things ended for them.

This is not a light read. Take note of the trigger warnings and probably pick up something else if you aren’t prepared to feel a lot heavier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

melanie_page's review against another edition

I had to add like 20 content warnings that I wish I learned about BEFORE reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

megankrom's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

bezzzzza's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

Way too graphic for me. Proceed with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail