Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell

6 reviews

deborah1's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and War

gilwen's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

nekoshka's review

adventurous 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Fatphobia, Genocide, Misogyny, Slavery, and Kidnapping

pyanfarrrr's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Overall, this was okay. The plot moved fast and was entertaining while I was listening to it. Kellen himself had good characterization. His family and peers were frustrating but believable. I was disappointed with the antagonists; I felt they were pretty one-dimensional.

There was a fatphobic remark at the beginning, but I don't remember it being repeated. I chalked it down to Kellen being an insensitive fifteen-year-old.

I listened to the audiobook, and found the Farius and Reikis (sp?) voices hard to cope with. I was always trying to mentally dub over their dialog. I might have enjoyed those characters more on the page. If I check out the sequels some day, I'll read the text version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Fatphobia

mmefish's review against another edition

I’ve been trying to read it for 4 days now but it’s just not going well. I feel like the book is kinda predictable maybe? Was also warned about graphic animal cruelty which I cannot stand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fatphobia