Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

16 reviews

thepyts2's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Cancer

Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, and Infidelity

clapyourshands's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

help.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Death, Alcohol, Grief, Drug use, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, and Bullying

ella_1203's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Colonisation

apworden's review

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

ldandridge's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

This has been on my to-read list for quite a while and I ended up pretty disappointed by it. There was a lot about it that was very informative - a lot of Dominican history that I didn't know before - but the plot, writing, and characters were all just kind of meh to me. Plus gratuitous use of the n-word (by a non-Black author) and plenty of fatphobia were both turn offs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

queeriodicals's review

dark emotional

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia