Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

18 reviews

hoppicans's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, War, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Cancer, Bullying, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

The entire thing is a satire on Western Chr*stain religious beliefs and makes constant mention of god

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Car accident, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Slavery

laurenfro22's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely a funny and irreverent story, I thoroughly enjoyed the style of writing. Both Gaiman and Prachett are masterful wordsmiths and the premise of the book was really fun and sacrilegious and I loved it. 

Some things were kind of hard to get over. In particular there were some sections with very serious lapses in judgement with regard to race and racism, as well as fatphobia and homophobia. It definitely takes you out of the story a bit, especially their use of slurs, which while common back in the 90s, are still sharp against the ear and I feel inexcusable. Just something to be aware of going into the book. I may watch the show as I’ve heard good things about the revamping. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Fatphobia, War, Racial slurs, and Violence

itsbumley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, War, and Eating disorder

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Some of the content warnings may be inferred from the character list at the beginning.

The characters include the four horsemen of the apocalypse (War, Famine, Pollution, Death). Scenes including War and Famine in particular involve detailed descriptions of violence, war, starvation, fatphobia, body shaming and positive representations of eating disorders.

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

2019: This book was hilarious. I wish I could have read it all closer together so I would have gotten the full impact of it, instead of having to get back into it. I know I’ll enjoy it even more on my next read.

2023: Still loved this book, but boy howdy I didn’t remember how badly a lot of it aged. But I did love reading it after watching the show, and picturing the actors and hearing their voices. Made it even better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Gun violence, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and Infidelity

elinthenilsson's review

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

caroline_mclaughlin's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

2.0

I would usually not say this, but just watch the TV show! It removes most of the offensive elements and it’s way easier to follow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Eating disorder and Homophobia

sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed this book but at some parts the book seemed to drag slowly a bit due to the changing perspectives. Some characters, like Shadwell or Newt, I don't think contributed much to the plot except in a few minors points or were very unlikable or bland but still manage to get a fair amount of pages about them. Some of the humor was definitely dated as well.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Xenophobia