Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Levende steden by Philip Reeve

5 reviews

alienskiesabove's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming

breamfish1138's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Started reading this because I wanted a nostalgia hit, thinking it would be a blast back to my childhood. Ended up questioning everything at 1:15 at night. Highly recommended if you like grimdark/dystopia.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

This is bleak AF, particularly

the ending, which is heartbreaking and feels downright apocalyptic.

momewrath's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

3.5

So they killed a character towards the end of this book ,

killed the dog

and I could tell it was meant to be an big emotional moment, but then I asked my self "What did this character do before this? Why does their death matter? Why did their action matter again?" And I couldn't really answer any of these. Then they killed more characters, and I just asked the same questions again, with the same lack of answers. I'm pretty sure the book would have ended roughly the same without the actions of our two main characters, or even our 5 or so side characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Torture

rodes's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-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

Having watched the movie when it came out, I knew that the universe was going to be interesting and I was not disappointed when I listened to the audiobook. The universe and plot are different from what I have read before and made the whole thing enjoyable. The pace of the story was quite fast, there was never a dull moment and I do think it was done rather well. However, the amount of action made the development of the characters somewhat slow and made them seem two-dimensional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming and Slavery