Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

11 reviews

rene_reads02's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Aside from the main character this book had a lot of potential. But I felt like a lot of the choices she made were just so horribly stupid it made her unlovable as a character.

Like even if you thought someone could be framing you

…the choices she was making made her look awful. Straight dumb and you’re supposed to be a doctor ma’am? I felt like I was yelling at her the entire book. The overall storyline is actually good if you can get over the personality of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Animal death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Torture, Blood, Gaslighting, Body horror, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Medical content

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Confinement, Body shaming, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Why am I reading these books that clearly aren’t for me?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

My favourite Freida McFadden so far. This was a really fun time, very tense and fast paced and I read about two thirds of it in one day. I really enjoy serial killer thrillers, much more than domestic thrillers which is why I think this one worked really well for me, especially with the added copycat whodunnit which is always a good time. 

At times I found the main character a little inconsistent, but I'm not reading a thriller for the character work so it really wasn't a big deal. Overall a very solid thriller that had me very invested, and one I would be quick to recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

pairswellwithbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

mtstjk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

assesgrass's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Bullying, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

alex1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Stalking

absolutelyfatal's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was totally fine, there's nothing that stood out about it and it was short enough to digest very quickly. 
Although, outside of describing the women that her father killed (dark hair, blue eyes) The only physical description she really gives of any other character are they were fat/they have a protruding stomach... So, when that's the only other description it definitely seems fatphobic.

***However, the audiobook narrator Shaina Summerville nearly made me stop listening to it. She used a very affected voice throughout the entire book, her reading of the men characters sounded sarcastic throughout the entire thing (when they weren't meant to be) and when she read for other women characters outside of the main character she sounded whiny and nasally. I felt like she was trying too hard to be a narrator when she just needs to relax and use her real voice. Finally, I just sped it up to get through but I will definitely skip any other audiobooks that I come across that are narrated by her.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia