Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Largo pétalo de mar by Isabel Allende

3 reviews

mesulkin's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

sofipitch's review against another edition

reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

I love Allende's writing style and I listened to this book to the end but it doesn't really feel like it brings anything new or memorable to the table, at least from an author like her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and War

Minor: Fatphobia

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-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? No

3.0

The history that this book was based on was fascinating, but I think I would have preferred to read a straight-up history book to this work of historical fiction. The characters are all very vaguely drawn and have extremely predictable stories. The reader is always told how the characters feel instead of it being demonstrated in the text, and somehow despite all of the characters’ hardships everything seems to always work out neatly for them so the stakes felt weirdly low.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Dementia, and Religious bigotry