Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

32 reviews

sal_the_cat's review against another edition

includes fatphobia, antisemitic stereotypes has a bunch of plotholes and overall just not that good. also the author is a terf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

teddereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

mighty_dumpling's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Mid Grade Book, all above are minor and some might not even notice them.

selmacanread's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

sucks she had to be a terf:(

sidenote: this book is soooo fatphobic omg 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

bubski_mcboo's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-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? No

2.0

Upon re-reading the novels, it's hard not to see the author's traditionalist, gender-conformist mindset. 

Once, I believed in separating the art from the artist, but this is the first time I've had to try doing so while the artist is still alive and using wealth gained from their art to cause suffering.

Writers have power, the living have power, and the wealthy have power. She is all of those things. I have to do what I can to take the power I gave her back, and this is it.

For children who have yet to be jaded by the world, this book will remain a staple.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I wish JKR weren't such a turd because this is just as magical and whimsical and warm as ever. she's really sullied her own legacy. that said I did knock the rating down a bit for the fatphobia, which just gets more egregious each time I reread this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Animal death of a mythical creature. And listen, eating a vomit-flavored Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean was one of the most disgusting things that's ever happened to me so I'm counting it as a content warning!!!

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishlybecca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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? No

5.0

First Read-through: July 2023
I own several different editions of the Harry Potter series at this point, but I've not yet read my copies of the 20th Anniversary House Editions, so I decided that was something I wanted to do this year. The extra house-related content is a fun addition (and makes me want to collect all four editions of each book in the series...), but the obvious standout to me for this set is the overall book design and the illustrations done by Levi Pinfold.

Specific Details I Noticed:

1. I love how each book's pages are sprayed with its corresponding house's scarf design!
2. The dust jacket of each book is very unique to this particular set and I love the inclusion of the house crest done by Levi, in particular. (I don't fully understand the crest's meaning or symbolism, but it's still very interesting and cool to look at. ;P) The use of raised text on the front of the jacket is a nice touch as well.
3. The "naked book" itself is even high quality - with its thatched texture & gold-foiled text on its spine.
4. The new map done by Levi, found at the beginning of the book, is another of my favourite additions to this set. It's surprisingly detailed and intricate. I also really appreciate the realisticness of Levi's illustrations - specifically when it comes to the houses’ mascots. The portraits of each house's founder and head of house are just plain stunning as well!
5. With this being the first book in the series (and our introduction to the Wizarding World as a whole), the extra content included in this book is quite basic and already known by many HP fans (myself included). There is information on each house itself, of course, plus specific blurbs on the house founders, relics, ghosts, alumni, common rooms, and each of the heads of houses. The fact sheets for each of the mentioned characters were especially fun to read through.

You can read more of my thoughts (about the story itself) in my review of the illustrated edition, which can be found here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/28a8c489-828c-48dc-a944-b4bdc89e7c60

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jjjjo's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood and Antisemitism