Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

7 reviews

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Infertility, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Blood, and Body shaming

riella_reads's review

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a fun time! It was outrageous and over the top a lot of the time but that's what I came here for. Even the trope everyone is complaining about I felt made sense. My only complaint was that Winnie got incredibly annoying near the middle of the book. Almost unbearable with how she reacts to certain things. Kallum was just a big goofy teddy bear and I loved him. I'm hoping there will be a third book to round out the INK boys!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Alcohol

cover2covertx's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? Yes

2.5

I think the authors wanted to put too many themes and plots into one story arc. It just made things kind of messy in the second half. Also, no trigger warnings was a bad move for this one especially.

And miscarriage should never be used as a casual plot device and the way it was handled absolutely felt like that

I’ll definitely be reading the third in the series whenever it comes out but this book didn’t fit with the vibe of the Christmas Notch books all because of that second half. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Infertility, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

Religious trauma Purity culture

sariereads's review

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fatphobia

Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder

emmas_bookshelf's review

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Thank you so much to Avon for the copy of this book! I loved the first Christmas Notch book, A Merry Little Meet Cute, and was so excited to read this! Kallum is a former boy band member turned Kansas City pizza king. Winnie is a wholesome Hallmark actress who needs to rehab her image after getting divorced while also trying to shed the purity culture she grew up in and trying to figure out how to do things for herself. When they are cast in a steamy Santa movie, things heat up fast! I thought the first half of the book was great, and it was very steamy. Also, as a Topekan and wanna-be-Kansas Citian, I loved all the KC and Royals love in this book! 💙

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This book has a surprise baby. My absolute least favorite. 🙅🏻‍♀️ The book has a part 1 and part 2 and part 2 is a major tonal shift from part 1. It’s all oriented around the surprise baby. It also kinda dragged. Really disappointed tbh, although it was better than most surprise baby romances I’ve read. BUT WHY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit and Miscarriage

uranaishi's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Violence