Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

10 reviews

nagaakil's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Child death, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Transphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, and Infidelity

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

This was garbage, but still not the worst thing I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Body horror, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

corabookworm's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I think I actually enjoyed this book a little more than the first, at times. The random bits of poetry were a bit distracting and unnecessary (the writing was prose-like enough already), but E. Lockhart is an amazing author who wrote this mysterious, drama-infused, family-focused story in a gorgeous way. I loved how this book talked about family, and some of the moments between them all (especially towards the end) were absolutely adorable. Highly recommend if you enjoyed the first one or any books like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming and Murder

Minor: Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Rape, Homophobia, and Self harm

moony__3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

such a good book, loved the vibe. didn't love the ending thoughhj

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, and Rape

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming and Homophobia

kibberbl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Slavery, Antisemitism, and Suicide

moonbin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Child death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ishouldbereading's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Addiction

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Child death, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Rape, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

missrosymaplemoth's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Infidelity

rory18's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Suicide, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Slavery, War, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

feuillycakes's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I can’t say I loved this as much as We Were Liars. I’m not even sure if the reason I enjoyed it so much was because of my love of the first book or if it is just a genuinely good book. I loved finding out about the history on the Sinclair family, seeing the little nuggets of information that we weren’t privy to in the first book, the tension of wondering what exactly this big, terrible secret was going to be. I’m not so sure the writing style of the first book was entirely effective when used here, though. I didn’t really like the use of fairytales like I did in We Were Liars, and the weird line breaks didn’t make me feel the words more strongly like they did before. I do love a good plot twist though, a big reveals are very much my kind of thing.

The only thing I felt a bit icky about was the whole thing of using sexuality as some plot twist or excuse for bad behaviour. It felt very sudden and slapdash, like there needed to be an excuse and then once it was used it was barely mentioned again.

All in all, I did enjoy this book and I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who loved We Were Liars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming