Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

4 reviews

princess_marie's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Excrement, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Drug use

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

An engaging and sad tale about the complexities of trauma and how it shows up within family dynamics. While I personally found the “reveal” to be a bit questionable and slightly unsatisfying, I was still throughly intrigued with each character and what would happen with them next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Body shaming, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Incest, and Rape

whatathymeitwas's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

I really rather liked this. I enjoy books that are character centric, I'm not necessarily put off by the lack of a plot driven aspect. Is it perfect? No. It's actually rather a sad and messed up story, but I also think many parts of it were relatable, and it did well showing the growth of characters from children to adults, and honed in on nostalgia and the sense of the clock ticking, and contemplating all the choices you've made in life. What's keeping me from giving it five stars is that I thought the big reveal would be, well... Bigger. That somewhat dimmed things down for me. All that build up for not that much of a shock. But that's okay, it was still worth a read for me. I've read a couple other Lisa Jewell novels and consistently enjoy her writing. I didn't really expect this, though, but I'm pleased I gave it a go. I have a feeling it'll stick with me quite a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Confinement, Incest, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Bullying, and Car accident

lorinew1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship