Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

22 reviews

samarieck's review

adventurous informative fast-paced

2.5

I loved this book about 15 years ago. I don’t now. It’s absolutely ridiculous how often the author leans on lazy descriptions of people's “flawed” appearance for comedy. Dude, that’s not funny. He just seems like a pretentious privileged male. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Fatphobia

tomnoor's review against another edition

3.0

Really liked the travelogue, really disliked how mean the author was  in the name of humor, I guess 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Murder, Fatphobia, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

somanyjacks's review

funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

starsnstitchin's review

slow-paced

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcoholism, Classism, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, and Alcohol

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

People have told me for years that I needed to read A Walk in the Woods, about how funny it is and how accurate it is. 

I found it a lot like the various gaps and notches and other trail aspects - a bit of a slog, and with no payoff. It's a mildly entertaining story of two men who have no idea what they've gotten themselves into setting off for Georgia with the idea that they'll walk to Maine in about 4-5 months. 

The best aspects are by far the history of the trail, the stories about the environment, and the asides Bryson throws in about where they are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Murder, Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

jennagv's review

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Fatphobia, Violence, and Lesbophobia

coffeepastor's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

2.5

Way too many moments of fatphobia and misogyny - without those moments it would be a delightful read, especially for anyone who has done any amount of significant hiking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Fatphobia

valhalla915's review

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia

anothersarah's review

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Reread this and cringed at the way that women were represented when mentioned. The information about the trail was wonderful though- so this one was hard to star, still not sure I landed properly.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

rhosynmd's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

4.5

I sped through this book in only 3 days. Almost every interaction between Bryson and Katz had me laughing out loud. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism