Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Black Knight by Rina Kent

27 reviews

marygg3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Now we're talking.
I liked it, I totally flew through it and I'm already getting everything prepared for the next one.

This one was a bit more serious though. The difficult aspects of mental health struggles, body image and a toxic relationship with food on one side; alcoholism and toxic coping mechanisms on the other... I liked how Rina Kent went about these issues, never romanticizing them, never skipping over the actual work it takes to heal and always making the character, and not their partner, responsible for their own growth. Xander said it better than me:

I'll heal, like I'm sure you will. I won't fix you and you won't fix me. We’ll just hug each other like we used to do in the past.

And Kim, oh God, my sweet girl is all grown up now. I loved her arc and how much stronger she is now. The importance of asking for help and talking through her feelings was a hard lesson for her, but she made it.

I might be broken, but I’ll pull myself together. I might have fallen, but I’ll get up. There’ll be a day where I look behind and say I survived.

And survive she did, they both did.

Now, the main issue was so convoluted I got really scared for a second there, but everything turned out well and the romance was truly romancing from the get go, so I'm not complaning. Also, it was refreshing to have two main characters that were both virgins; I was starting to get sick of the glorification of FMC virginity.
On to the next one, for I can't wait to see inside our new couple's brains.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Minor: Animal death

kayyylaaareaadsss's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Vomit

chi__'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Incest, and Infidelity

mrsmonty503's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So raw and so emotional. I knew this one was going to gut me even before I started reading it. While I enjoyed Aiden and Elsa’s story and the books Rina Kent wrote. 

Nothing will compare to Xander and Kimberly. 
I found a lot of myself in Kimberly and she will always be one of my favorite FMC. 

I am excited to continue with the world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Stalking

annica_fourie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. 
Rina Kent did a deep-dive into these characters and made me really love them.
The storyline was interesting while being heartbreaking. It was also lighter in the spice department in the sense of frequency.
Would definitely recommend, BUT CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Violence

rinabinawu's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

katkinslee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Man this book was rough to read, Kim and Xan had such a rough time and it was hard to take sometimes. But I really loved it, it was great to see them both come into their own and heal themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

elliemaeeee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mbichaela's review against another edition

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

1.0

ENG
i cannot believe i’ve finished it. i just hoped it would get better yet it got even worse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

mecolem's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

0.5

I was glad to see that this book handled some difficult issues well. But bully romances are just not my thing. I won't hold that against this book, but the writing was also not great...it read a bit like a first draft. And the romance was not believable tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol