Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

11 reviews

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

randomly_reading_13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Fatphobia and Toxic friendship

moonadjacent's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Found family from a bunch of outcasts has got to be one of my favourite tropes in fiction. The heartfelt sincerity with which the kids come to regard each other is so touching to witness evolve. 

I cried for Rion. It was so heartbreaking for him to lose the chance to wish for his sister to come back home.

My only criticism would be that as much as I loved getting to know each character's backstory, the lead up to each discovery became quite formulaic.

Kokoro runs, touches X, views memory, vows to save friend, rinse, repeat. Sort of like a video game, which, meta!

Apart from that small section, I did enjoy the writing style and pace. 

But I must admit I was quite shocked at how the parents didn't just force the kids to go to school to be honest. Personally, the idea that a child could just not go to school for a year was more fantastical

than being eaten by a wolf in a castle accessible by mirror.

Great story though, really enjoyed how all the puzzle pieces came to fit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Misogynistic slurs

lottiegasp's review against another edition

It felt like a children's book. It was difficult to relate to the characters' behaviours. Halfway through the book it had gotten quite repetitive

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

There is a character who the author describes as fat and obsessed with food a few times, without there seeming to be any good reason for doing so. The main character has some mental health issues. I (going through some mental health issues currently) personally didn't find it triggering and thought it was more of a nice escapism (albeit not interesting enough for me to finish reading) rather than dwelling too much on the depressed moods.

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia and Suicidal thoughts

ko_o's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was thinking that it would make a beautiful animated movie and it turns out there is an animated movie coming in summer 2023. Rooting for these kids 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

catwhisperer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

gothlibrarian's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The ending of this was really beautiful but I didn’t connect with 80% of it as deeply as I expected to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual assault