Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

4 reviews

brittandwaffles's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I didn’t entirely hate this book, but it was just such a toxic mess I couldn’t give it more than 2 stars. We have a wildly insecure main character in a polyamorous marriage who is constantly comparing herself to the other wives. The women are portrayed as crazy the whole time.

They’re allegedly all left, because of their inability to have children.

I wanted this to work, because the premise intrigued me. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work for a variety of reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Infertility, and Miscarriage

emilyspex's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

0.5

Um... Fucking WHAT??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

bnelson13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! So gripping! So thrilling! I could not put it down! There were some fantastic unexpected plot twists right up to the end! I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

sleepburrito's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail