Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

35 reviews

gracemolcol's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Antisemitism, and Abandonment

rory_john14's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

morgagnomic's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

I read the Harry Potter series over a decade ago, and wasn't super impressed then, and am utterly offended by them now. JKR is an abhorrent transphobe, and her non-white characters are nothing but 1-dimensional, racist tropes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sal_the_cat's review against another edition

includes fatphobia, antisemitic stereotypes has a bunch of plotholes and overall just not that good. also the author is a terf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

teddereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

mighty_dumpling's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Mid Grade Book, all above are minor and some might not even notice them.

selmacanread's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

sucks she had to be a terf:(

sidenote: this book is soooo fatphobic omg 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

storydevgrace's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Upon re-reading the novels, it's hard not to see the author's traditionalist, gender-conformist mindset. 

Once, I believed in separating the art from the artist, but this is the first time I've had to try doing so while the artist is still alive and using wealth gained from their art to cause suffering.

Writers have power, the living have power, and the wealthy have power. She is all of those things. I have to do what I can to take the power I gave her back, and this is it.

For children who have yet to be jaded by the world, this book will remain a staple.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I wish JKR weren't such a turd because this is just as magical and whimsical and warm as ever. she's really sullied her own legacy. that said I did knock the rating down a bit for the fatphobia, which just gets more egregious each time I reread this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Animal death of a mythical creature. And listen, eating a vomit-flavored Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean was one of the most disgusting things that's ever happened to me so I'm counting it as a content warning!!!