Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

23 reviews

flordemaga's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization

unhingedreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Alcoholism

kyliewhip09's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Incredible book. Main character really shows what having an eating disorder is like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

chloelyee's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Suicide, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

ltinfigi13's review

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fatphobia, Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Self harm

killerqueenkathleen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my all time favorite books, I recommend it to everyone, especially young women or anyone struggling with (or who has struggled with) an eating disorder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Dysphoria, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Eating disorder, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Death, Medical trauma, and Vomit

hailhex's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

A decent read for anyone who wants to learn about the internal dialogue of someone with an eating disorder. Overall, the book is captivating enough that you want to continue, but for me, it was not profound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Bullying, and Alcohol

tsuki_bxbe's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Shows the intense mental turmoil and problems of people with eating disorders. This book was both triggering and made me feel less alone and seen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Vomit, Addiction, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Suicide attempt

not_your_muse's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

Thank goodness I read this when I’m no longer an impressionable young girl. I see why many people love/loathe this book back when they started reading it during their teens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Eating disorder, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia