Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine

3 reviews

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

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

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

Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Body shaming, Trafficking, and Confinement