Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee

10 reviews

nuuamuikkunen's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

3.75

Lighthearted and easy to ready. Loved all the depictions into what it’s like to grow up within the korean culture. I think the book is a refreshing perspective to dealing with fatphobia.

Also the bi representation was just a cherry on top of everything!

. I’m hoping more of the books from the author have very similar topics in them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Biphobia and Cultural appropriation

uhhlexiconic's review

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Sweet and fun, I'll Be the One floats by quickly as its talented heroine gets her happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Homophobia

calamityin's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Racism, Stalking, and Biphobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Outing

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

kaneli's review

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Outing, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

lily1304's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Delightfully unsubtly fat-positive, it's like the whole point of the book. It's a really fun, cute adventure, but we still get to see Skye's very realistic struggles with body image and harassment. I also really appreciate that Skye is explicitly bisexual even though the love interest is a guy so it doesn't "matter" to the plot - like yeah, make her queer! Why not?

Also, oh my god,

the super hot love interest guy is ALSO BISEXUAL? I love it, I need more bisexual male characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.0

I don't always love fluffy romances, but I adored this book. the author really does a great job of setting the stage for Sky, and crafting loveable characters. The romance plotline can reduce my enjoyment of a story, but it didn't in this case. I absolutely loved this feel-good story from start to finish. 

📘The Gist 📘: Sky enters a K-pop reality TV show competition for don't and dance. She's determined to be her own hero, showing off her incredible song and dance skills and not compromising on her weight. Unexpectedly, she finds a little romance along the way! 

📒Representation📒: fat mc, m-spec mc, bisexual mc, Korean American mc, wlw sc

💕 For readers looking for 💕: fluffy feel good stories, confident characters, drama, K-pop, celebrity romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Racism, Xenophobia, and Bullying

Minor: Eating disorder, Cultural appropriation, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

Body shaming from a parent, cyber bullying

internationalreads's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Harry Potter references

rosita's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

I wanted to love this so much, but i just couldnt get into the writing style. To be fair, i am not the target audience, since i am 20 and not in my teens anymore.
Let's start with the good: I feel like it is such an important book, and i loved the asian, fat, and queer rep. I feel like the romance was super cute and did have chemistry, and i was very interested in what the competitions was going to turn out like!!! I had a lot of fun reading the book, and finished it in like a day. And the queer rep!!!! i was so exited that sky, who is bi

ends up with a bi guy!!! i am also a bi girl dating a bi guy!!! thats so cool!!!

The bad: The book has a point to make (about body positivity and fatphobia), and it makes it clear. Especially at the beginning i kept thinking "ok, people judge you because you are fat, we get it, can we move on with the story please?". The characters also talk like they are buzzfeed writers? idk how to explain it, but they sound fake and millenial-like. The writing was very juvenile, which is great for a ya i guess, but i just didnt like it.
The ugly:  the audiobook sucks. I am sorry to the va, but she sounded to me like the watchmojo lady, and that kept making me annoyed. I feel like it could maybe have been better if i had read it physically, but sadly, i wasnt able to, so i had to deal with her 
In conclusion, if you want to read it, please dont let me discourage you. It is a fun, light, and fluffy read, with great representation, but the writing can be awkward at times. And dont listen to the audiobook, please.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Cultural appropriation

sarah984's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a really cute book. Like yes, the plot is a bit silly and wish-fulfillment-y and a few things are way too easily resolved but overall the book is so positive and charming that I didn't care. The main character and her friends were great, and I just overall had fun reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Outing