Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

26 reviews

katieav's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I found this to be a very enjoyable read. While I wasn’t surprised by most of the revelations in the book, I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. I was disappointed in the

drug revelation as I thought that was kind of anti climatic and that we didn’t know who “the boss” was-I half expected it to be someone they all knew!

but I don’t think it made the book not worth a read. While I appreciate that the flaws were important to the book-the constant focus on the women’s physical descriptions did make me roll my eyes. This was also a very descriptive and gory book I think could make it very difficult for some people to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Body shaming, War, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Eating disorder

fraise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Infertility, Infidelity, Stalking, Alcohol, Animal death, Murder, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Bullying, Homophobia, War, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Pregnancy, Cursing, Blood, Drug use, and Grief

leebeeloves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Outing, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcohol, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

samferree's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A murder mystery in which you don't know who the victim is until the end. The characters and situation reminded me (disturbingly so) of my and my friends' own post-degree life trajectories, which made me feel nostalgic and horrified. No one can hurt you like those you care most about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Murder, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Personality Disorder is central to the plot and story.

catbucket's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

I was really looking forward to this book because people seem to rant and rave about the author, but I found it very predictable and kind of boring. There were also a quite a few fatphobic/body shaming comments throughout the book which were not necessary to the plot whatsoever. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

amberrenfrey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Classism

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. I didn’t find anything shocking, I thought it was all pretty obvious. I know she wrote this before the guest list, but the guest list is basically a copy and pace with a slightly different who done it and why. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infertility, Toxic friendship, and War

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

wow, so good. i loved the familiarity of each of the narrators, like they were ranting to me about their histories and issues. it had great pacing and writing and a riveting story, had me guessing at every turn but still provided a dramatic ending. i loved how the lodge employees were treated as entirely human and noteworthy despite being less glamorous than the guests. everyone is a grotesque character and it was fascinating to see them alternate between unraveling spectacularly and finding some kind of redemption.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Pregnancy, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia