Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

3 reviews

clarklyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Don’t have any detailed thoughts about this one, I enjoyed reading it!  It kept me guessing which I was pleasantly surprised by!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

mckinleyelle's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Death

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I finished this, but I'm not sure that I had to. Everything felt very formulaic and kind of unbelievable. It lacked that "what???" feeling that you hope to get from a thriller/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Car accident

If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.