Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Supper Club by Lara Williams

9 reviews

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

This kept coming up as a recommendation for me, so I tried it. I’m glad I did, although I will say I found it very triggering and definitely thought about not finishing it at times 😳 (Content warnings to explain why will be below.)

An ode to human, messy friendships and relationships, Laura Williams doesn’t shy away from the horrible person that Stevie can be and from Roberta’s hurt that comes out through her actions. 
Supper Club sounds kind of fun though 😂 I’d be down to try it 👀

I THOROUGHLY loved Roberta’s reunion with Arnold, where she TALKS OVER HIM and says ‘I’m not interested in talking about that’ whenever he brings up some shitty spiel. THE CONFIDENCE 🔥

4 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Drug use, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Rape

bwest6377's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

rabzia_'s review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Abandonment, Rape, and Vomit

knikchevich's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

filmnoirz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.0

there’s so much to say here and i’m not entirely sure how to put it into words. the author really tries to bring home the ‘feminist’ aspect of the supper club but it falls really flat, and acts as though it’s saying something profound about weight when it’s not. parts of this story really shine and speak to the yearning women have to feel full, but for the most part it’s just kind of insulting and dare i say boring? an interesting premise but poorly executed in my opinion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Fatphobia

Minor: Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ladynavalon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Varias cosas sobre este libro:
1) sí, me ha gustado, es una lectura que me ha absorbido, pero eso no significa que sea un libro que me parezca buena o que recomendaría.
2) un libro no es feminista solo porque aparezcan mujeres haciendo cosas que normalmente no hacen las mujeres en los libros, en este caso, comer, drogarse y dañar la propiedad ajena. Mucho menos es feminista con las relaciones disfuncionales de las integrantes del club.
3) mención aparte merece la relación tóxica de Roberta con Stevie y con cualquier persona que la rodee, en realidad. 
4) lo del club es secundario, no acaba de explicarse, de entenderse, de tener un cometido. 
5) este libro va en realidad de Roberta, que tiene trauma pro el abandono de su padre y no sabe relacionarse con la gente, no sabe entablar relaciones ni expresar sus sentimientos, así que hace lo que mucha gente, acallar sus sentimientos con comida y desarrollar un tca. Se arrastra por relaciones con chicos que ni le gustan y ni la tratan bien, todo por castigarse por el sentido de culpabilidad que siente con su padre. Sigue obsesionada con su aspecto ficio y su quilos de más mientras sigue dándose atracones, eso es un TCA. Cambia de personalidad para encajar con quien sea, una amiga, una compañera de trabajo o un novio. Y en ningún momento recibe la atención psicológica que merece.
6) Stevie es despreciable, pero aún así la autora es incapaz de contar por qué todo el mundo la desprecia y por qué Roberta y ella se hacen amigas, la sensación es que nadie más las aguanta. Se enfadan sin razón, sin hablar y lo arreglan todos por qué si.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Infertility, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexism, Dysphoria, Bullying, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Addiction, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Rape, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Drug use

purplemind's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.25

Il libro offre una premessa accattivante, uno stile di scrittura scorrevole e alla mano che aiuta ad avvicinarsi immediatamente ai pensieri della protagonista e un’ampia rosa di interessanti personaggi secondari. Sperro, però, l’intreccio che nasce da questi fattori non soddisfa completamente le aspettative, a mio parere. Il Supper Club stesso è forse l’elemento che ne soffre di più, lasciando invece spazio a sottotrame a  parecchio cliché; un vero peccato, perché l’autrice dà il suo meglio nel racconto di ciò che accade durante le serate di follia delle donne coinvolte e nelle descrizioni viscerali del cibo che mangiano.

Un libro che promette molto, quindi, ma lascia un certo appetito non del tutto soddisfatto.
(non ho putroppo nemmeno amato molto lo stile di questa traduzione, mi è sembrata poco scorrevole)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment

mermaidsherbet's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Blood, Bullying, Racism, Infidelity, and Abandonment

lindsevon's review

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Abandonment