Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee

49 reviews

randomteenreader11's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

natii4u's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

sammy_nor's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i LOVED this book! it was funny  and inspiring while also being more serious at times. sadly, i could relate to the main character, skye, and her mommy issues. 
the only thing that kept me from rating this 5 stars was that it was very predictable and i kind of knew how it was going to end from the beginning.

although, something i did not predict, and that fully blew my mind, was henry’s coming out scene. despite it being emotional, directly after hearing it i though “f*ck out my way when you see me, i’m rollin with the lgbt”, because their whole squad was lgbtq+ people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia and Biphobia

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

nitya's review

emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book!!!!!!!!!!!! I have too many emotions 😭😭😭🥰🥰😭😭

As a plus size Asian (YES WE EXIST), I loved Skye's strength and self-love journey. It was both affirming and cathartic. Also the female friendships/solidarity!!! And Henry being soft and supportive 🥺

Content warning: fatphobia/body shaming, bullying, emotional abuse, queerphobia, homophobia, racism (microaggressions), Harry Potter references (this was written in 2018 though)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Racism, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

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

teatimewtrisha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia

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

voxelbee's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

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