Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

11 reviews

tomesandtea's review against another edition

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, and Pregnancy

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

lisasilv's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious fast-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

I absolutely LOVED this book. I loved Poppy, her brothers and her parents and I love that they seemed so real to me. The story was heartfelt and told just beautifully. It was a book that I stayed up late to finish and woke up early to start reading again. This was the second book by Laurie Frankel that I read this month and I'll surely keep going back for more of hers.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Transphobia

aubsends's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

a must read!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

1quillb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.75

This only thing that prevents me from rating this 5 stars is the (annoyingly) heavy emphasis placed upon keeping Poppy’s identity a secret—I didn’t, and continue to not, understand why not telling everyone that she’s trans is an issue. But seeing as this is written by the mother of a trans kid, I guess I can understand why it focused so much on the effects of “hiding” her identity. I just don’t personally see how it could be a problem.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, and Outing

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

dalek_caan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

This book put me through a lot of emotions. That's really all I have to say. It was so good and really well told.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, and Dysphoria

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

franklola's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Grief, and Murder

minibean24's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

I adored this novel. I loved every character and felt a deep attachment to the family. I truly felt the parents' love and concern for their child and appreciated that the book tackled the intricacies of navigating parenting a nonbinary child, even whilst being fully supportive of the child. It forced me to consider different perspectives- all while still showing unconditional love and support for the child's wishes. It felt like a parenting book rolled into a deeply touching novel. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, and Child death

krissymcgeehan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

lynnmarier99's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Transphobia