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3.8 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
It was so nice, and fluffy and cute. I absolutely adored it.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A laugh-out-loud funny novel about starting over, taking chances, and personal growth.
Perci Mayfield is having a hell of a time. Her boyfriend breaks up with her over voicemail, she's stuck in a job she hates, and her mother is trying to run her life. Sick of feeling stuck, Perci vows to make some changes, to stop trying to please everyone else, and live for herself. Unfortunately, one little lie to get her mother off her back lands her with a fake boyfriend who just so happens to be her next-door neighbor and... Oh no, she might have caught feelings.
Perci is a delightfully relatable character. I think we have all been stuck in life at some point and, at times, felt like we didn't measure up. The Do-Over has us sit with Perci and those feelings and takes the reader on a journey towards self-acceptance and joy in every aspect of life.
I loved that Perci felt real and tangible—all of the characters did. Everyone was beautifully flawed. They were allowed to make mistakes, endure the consequences, and learn from them.
Peterson's novel was brought to life by the wonderful and talented narrator, Elise Roth. Her voice truly embodied Perci and made a wonderful story even more perfect.
This novel has wonderful representation of a plus-sized character and deals with topics of body image and weight loss in a very realistic and gentle way.
Perci Mayfield is having a hell of a time. Her boyfriend breaks up with her over voicemail, she's stuck in a job she hates, and her mother is trying to run her life. Sick of feeling stuck, Perci vows to make some changes, to stop trying to please everyone else, and live for herself. Unfortunately, one little lie to get her mother off her back lands her with a fake boyfriend who just so happens to be her next-door neighbor and... Oh no, she might have caught feelings.
Perci is a delightfully relatable character. I think we have all been stuck in life at some point and, at times, felt like we didn't measure up. The Do-Over has us sit with Perci and those feelings and takes the reader on a journey towards self-acceptance and joy in every aspect of life.
I loved that Perci felt real and tangible—all of the characters did. Everyone was beautifully flawed. They were allowed to make mistakes, endure the consequences, and learn from them.
Peterson's novel was brought to life by the wonderful and talented narrator, Elise Roth. Her voice truly embodied Perci and made a wonderful story even more perfect.
This novel has wonderful representation of a plus-sized character and deals with topics of body image and weight loss in a very realistic and gentle way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
🎧 It’s a little slow paced to begin with and took me a few chapters to actually get into it. I did wonder was it for me. But once I got to know Perci a little the story flowed well and I was invested. It’s a cute and fluffy read that you can half guess what’s coming down the line but you kind of expect that with this type of read. There are some really lovable characters and some seriously irritating ones that you really want to give a piece of your mind. I absolutely loved Mimi as a character and have definitely gained some quotes I won’t be forgetting in a hurry. The narration was good for the most part but for some characters a little annoying but maybe that was the idea. Overall I enjoyed it and would recommend if your looking for a lighthearted read.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture Audio for the opportunity to read #TheDoOver
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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:
N/A
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
This book was a lot of fun and has a lot of heart. If it weren't for the ending, I would have given it 5 stars.
I don't know how to categorize this book. It's in the romance section, and while there is some romance there, it's not the center of the story (it doesn't really even start until the half-way mark), more like something happening in the background (still very sweet, I enjoyed it a lot). This book is all about the MC's, Perci, journey to self-acceptance and happiness. This is more a coming-of-age-for-adults book. Does anyone know how to categorize such a book, what genre it is ?
✅ Mimi is the best. Everybody should have a Mimi in their lives. I'll for sure go back and write down some the Mimi-isms at the start of each chapter, most of them are golden.
✅ Perci is a great MC, I certainly could relate to her (sometimes painfully so). I loved her journey of self-acceptance and transformation, and how gradual and imperfect it was.
✅ I loved Mathias, if only for that anti-resolution list. Might make one of my own. I also loved his friendship with Perci, how genuine they were with each other.
✅ Great plus-sized representation ! You have Mimi who owns her body, of course Perci's journey with hers. And even Brent kinda does it too(it was a nice touch to see him on a date with someone as curvy, if not more, as Perci) .
✅ I liked the writing, it was a joy to read.
⛔ As much as I love Mimi, her deliberately calling her daughter by a name she doesn't like is wrong. Every time she called her "Bobi Jo", I cringed so hard. Perci's mom even changed her name legally to Roberta, asked her mother to use her preferred name, and Mimi just says it's the name she gave her so she's going to keep using it. Big yikes.
😐 The romance was sweet, but forgettable. I liked Nate well enough, loved how he rolled with Perci's weird circumstances. And there are some nice scenes between them. It's kinda sad though that for a book in the romance category, it would have worked almost as well without the romance. We don't spend a lot of time getting to know Nate, or with Perci and Nate as a (potential) couple. The scenes we do have with them though are lovely, I did enjoy the moments we did spend with them.
😐 Perci's sister, Phee isn't a bad person, but she's not really a good one either. I was very hopeful at first, she seemed to be nice and a good sister, no catty stereotype, she didn't gang up on Perci with her mother. I lost all respect for her though when she barely said anything when her boyfriend insulted and humiliated Perci, on multiple occasions. I understand she's herself a victim of her mother's emotional abuse, but I would have appreciated the book acknowledging more her "don't rock the boat" attitude around her mother and Joel, often at the expense of Perci (and Mathias).
Since the book's main focus is Perci's journey to finding herself and self-acceptance, it is tightly linked to her relationship with her mother, and the rest of the family. So even if the book is not really about toxic relationships, it's such a big part of Perci's journey, I wish the book did a better job highlighting those toxic family dynamics.
😒 The ending was a bit too movie like for me, too perfect with everything wrapped up in a neat little bow. Especially stuff surrounding Perci's mom and Nate.
First, Nate being there because of the moms is kinda sad, not romantic. I would have prefered him ging to talk to her and owning up to his feelings and his actions. But that's just my opinion / the way I feel about things, it's super subjective.
What's less so is how Perci and everyone else got very quickly over the fact that her mom bought a building to DESTROY A BUSINESS !! Does she even apologize for it at some point ? She costs someone's livelihood, forces parents to find childcare in a rush, and no one cares ? Seriously ? I know Mrs. Marge is taking it as an opportunity to retire early and move to be with her grandkids, but that does not make it ok. At all.
Also, the fact that Perci is opening her own day-care IN THAT SAME BUILDING. How is she okay with this ? In my head, Mrs. Marge finds out and rues the day she hired Perci. How else could you interpret that chain of events ?
This leads to my biggest gripe with this ending : one of the main points of the book is that Perci's mother is super meddlesome and pushy and rules her daughter's lives, because she thinks she knows best and can't comprehend how miserable her actions are making them. And how does the book end ? By her being super meddlesome in Perci's life, because she knows best, only this time she "gets it right", so it's ok for her to be so pushy. What ?!?
This whole book, Perci is on a journey to discover herself, take her life in charge, and it ends with her not really doing that(Nate is back because of the moms, and her new job has been decided and planned by her parents) . I guess the goal here was to show her family understanding her more and supporting her, but this could have been done differently.
This book spends 85% on the drama and how awful the mother treats her (and her sister), and the resolution to that is rushed, too neat, and thus not satisfying. Roberta was really horrible towards Perci, and the ending only makes it seem like not much has changed, but enough that Perci will stay and endure more of it. Did Roberta even own up to or apologize for her actions at some point ? I don't think so, and worse, it's kind of implied it's not needed because of Perci's own screw up. As if Perci's outburst is at all comparable to a lifetime of emotional abuse. It's like the author wanted a happy, all wrapped-up ending, but also knew someone like Roberta couldn't believably do a 180 so it's on the people around her to, again, take her as she is and not rock the boat.
If I ever re-read this book (which I might, there's lots of good stuff in it), I'll ignore that last chapter, it's more sad than hopeful for me.
I don't know how to categorize this book. It's in the romance section, and while there is some romance there, it's not the center of the story (it doesn't really even start until the half-way mark), more like something happening in the background (still very sweet, I enjoyed it a lot). This book is all about the MC's, Perci, journey to self-acceptance and happiness. This is more a coming-of-age-for-adults book. Does anyone know how to categorize such a book, what genre it is ?
✅ Mimi is the best. Everybody should have a Mimi in their lives. I'll for sure go back and write down some the Mimi-isms at the start of each chapter, most of them are golden.
✅ Perci is a great MC, I certainly could relate to her (sometimes painfully so). I loved her journey of self-acceptance and transformation, and how gradual and imperfect it was.
✅ I loved Mathias, if only for that anti-resolution list. Might make one of my own. I also loved his friendship with Perci, how genuine they were with each other.
✅ Great plus-sized representation ! You have Mimi who owns her body, of course Perci's journey with hers. And even Brent kinda does it too
✅ I liked the writing, it was a joy to read.
⛔ As much as I love Mimi, her deliberately calling her daughter by a name she doesn't like is wrong. Every time she called her "Bobi Jo", I cringed so hard. Perci's mom even changed her name legally to Roberta, asked her mother to use her preferred name, and Mimi just says it's the name she gave her so she's going to keep using it. Big yikes.
😐 The romance was sweet, but forgettable. I liked Nate well enough, loved how he rolled with Perci's weird circumstances. And there are some nice scenes between them. It's kinda sad though that for a book in the romance category, it would have worked almost as well without the romance. We don't spend a lot of time getting to know Nate, or with Perci and Nate as a (potential) couple. The scenes we do have with them though are lovely, I did enjoy the moments we did spend with them.
😐 Perci's sister, Phee isn't a bad person, but she's not really a good one either. I was very hopeful at first, she seemed to be nice and a good sister, no catty stereotype, she didn't gang up on Perci with her mother. I lost all respect for her though when she barely said anything when her boyfriend insulted and humiliated Perci, on multiple occasions. I understand she's herself a victim of her mother's emotional abuse, but I would have appreciated the book acknowledging more her "don't rock the boat" attitude around her mother and Joel, often at the expense of Perci (and Mathias).
Since the book's main focus is Perci's journey to finding herself and self-acceptance, it is tightly linked to her relationship with her mother, and the rest of the family. So even if the book is not really about toxic relationships, it's such a big part of Perci's journey, I wish the book did a better job highlighting those toxic family dynamics.
😒 The ending was a bit too movie like for me, too perfect with everything wrapped up in a neat little bow. Especially stuff surrounding Perci's mom and Nate.
What's less so is how Perci and everyone else got very quickly over the fact that her mom bought a building to DESTROY A BUSINESS !! Does she even apologize for it at some point ? She costs someone's livelihood, forces parents to find childcare in a rush, and no one cares ? Seriously ? I know Mrs. Marge is taking it as an opportunity to retire early and move to be with her grandkids, but that does not make it ok. At all.
Also, the fact that Perci is opening her own day-care IN THAT SAME BUILDING. How is she okay with this ? In my head, Mrs. Marge finds out and rues the day she hired Perci. How else could you interpret that chain of events ?
This leads to my biggest gripe with this ending : one of the main points of the book is that Perci's mother is super meddlesome and pushy and rules her daughter's lives, because she thinks she knows best and can't comprehend how miserable her actions are making them. And how does the book end ? By her being super meddlesome in Perci's life, because she knows best, only this time she "gets it right", so it's ok for her to be so pushy. What ?!?
This whole book, Perci is on a journey to discover herself, take her life in charge, and it ends with her not really doing that
This book spends 85% on the drama and how awful the mother treats her (and her sister), and the resolution to that is rushed, too neat, and thus not satisfying. Roberta was really horrible towards Perci, and the ending only makes it seem like not much has changed, but enough that Perci will stay and endure more of it. Did Roberta even own up to or apologize for her actions at some point ? I don't think so, and worse, it's kind of implied it's not needed because of Perci's own screw up. As if Perci's outburst is at all comparable to a lifetime of emotional abuse. It's like the author wanted a happy, all wrapped-up ending, but also knew someone like Roberta couldn't believably do a 180 so it's on the people around her to, again, take her as she is and not rock the boat.
If I ever re-read this book (which I might, there's lots of good stuff in it), I'll ignore that last chapter, it's more sad than hopeful for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. I felt everything this story conveyed.
Percy was a relatable character for me. She constantly feels like she is messing up, a failure, but she finds herself and her confidence. This was a hopeful story that I believe readers will relate to. The characters in the story are funny, likable and entertaining. Mimi is the best!
Congratulations to the author on her debut!
Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to listen to this book.
Percy was a relatable character for me. She constantly feels like she is messing up, a failure, but she finds herself and her confidence. This was a hopeful story that I believe readers will relate to. The characters in the story are funny, likable and entertaining. Mimi is the best!
Congratulations to the author on her debut!
Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to listen to this book.
lighthearted
fast-paced
This is just a fun little romance, coming-of-age in a 30 year old finally finding her way in life way. Some of it was cliche and cringy but it's perfectly enjoyable as a book and very cute.
emotional
funny
hopeful
How unbelievable harsh and heartless do you have to be to break up with someone over the radio, all for the chance to win tickets to see a cover band? Not even a real band, a cover band!
The Do-Over is the story of Persephone, Perci, and covers a year of her life. From New Year after, just after being dumped by her asshat boyfriend, over the radio no less, to a year from then. It journeys through the transformation Perci takes within the year while trying to follow her anti-New Year’s resolutions.
1. She will not try to lose weight
2. She will not try to be more confident
3. She will not put any more effort into her job
4. She will not date
5. She will not try to be a better daughter or sister
I was thrilled that I enjoyed this book. I saw a lot of myself in Perci and sympathised with her. I was also happy to cheer her on when she started living her life for herself, instead of her mother. She got a new job which she loved, working with children. She stopped worrying about her weight and calorie intake and just let her body tell her what it needed, and she met her new neighbour, the steely-jawed construction worker, single dad/uncle whom she managed to rope into a little bit of fake dating.
This book was serious but fun, sweet but also heartbreaking, I swooned a few times and grinned like a fool; I also didn’t put it down once I got into the meat of it. It really is a page-turner and a feel-good romcom, but it's also finding yourself, living your life to the fullest and family.
The Do-Over is the story of Persephone, Perci, and covers a year of her life. From New Year after, just after being dumped by her asshat boyfriend, over the radio no less, to a year from then. It journeys through the transformation Perci takes within the year while trying to follow her anti-New Year’s resolutions.
1. She will not try to lose weight
2. She will not try to be more confident
3. She will not put any more effort into her job
4. She will not date
5. She will not try to be a better daughter or sister
I was thrilled that I enjoyed this book. I saw a lot of myself in Perci and sympathised with her. I was also happy to cheer her on when she started living her life for herself, instead of her mother. She got a new job which she loved, working with children. She stopped worrying about her weight and calorie intake and just let her body tell her what it needed, and she met her new neighbour, the steely-jawed construction worker, single dad/uncle whom she managed to rope into a little bit of fake dating.
This book was serious but fun, sweet but also heartbreaking, I swooned a few times and grinned like a fool; I also didn’t put it down once I got into the meat of it. It really is a page-turner and a feel-good romcom, but it's also finding yourself, living your life to the fullest and family.
3 stars!
"The Do-Over" is a mostly enjoyable debut novel by Sharon M. Peterson that's all about being true to yourself, even if others push you to be someone else.
Persephone (Perci) has just been dumped. Over the radio. For concert tickets. To an AC/DC cover band. And, her now ex-boyfriend called her boring for the entire city to hear. AHHHHH!! The cruel humiliation! Perci is unhappy about where she is in life. She doesn't like her job (she works for her dad at his mortgage lending company). She doesn't like the way she looks. She doesn't like being compared to her beauty queen sister Phee. She's picked at and criticized by her mom constantly. She deems herself a failure. After a New Year's Eve full of heavy drinking, Perci's best friend Matthias writes a list of un-resolutions for her to follow so she will stop trying to be the unattainable 'perfect person' that society (and her mother) expects her to be. She quits her job, starts working at a nearby daycare, and soon meets her next-door neighbor Nate, whose daughter Lilah attends the daycare where she works. Perci tells a zany lie that finds her and Nate fake-dating so she can save face in front of her horrible, critical mother. Could romance be blossoming between the two of them for real?
I thought Perci getting dumped on the radio for concert tickets was an engaging way to open the book (despite being an absolutely horrendous thing to go through...and also, screw Brent forever). Perci's journey of self-acceptance is well-developed. I could see a little bit of myself in her. I found myself rooting for Perci to become the person she's always wanted to be. Any romance in this novel is secondary to Perci's pilgrimage to self-love. I 110% haaaaaated her mother Roberta. I wished I could crawl through the screen of my Kindle and smack the bejeezus out of her. I guess this just proves how well-written her character is. On the other hand, I loved Perci's wacky grandmother Mimi, a woman full of quirky witticisms about life. I also love how quickly she throws shade back at Roberta in Perci's defense.
My main criticism is that I found "The Do-Over" a little repetitive. It seems as if Perci goes through the same motions over and over again, and much of the book is written in the same way, with the same phrases, over and over. I found myself predicting to the tee what would happen as the story went on. I didn't feel much of a connection between Nate and Perci until the last 5% of the book. Also, certain plot points that seem like they're supposed to be more important than they are are merely handled off-book and then divulged after the fact. Some of the secondary characters needed a little more fleshing out. While Perci makes a lot of progress changing her opinion of herself, the family dynamics don't ever seem to change, and this bothered me a lot. Finally, for a book preaching self-acceptance and loving yourself for who you are, it rubbed me the wrong way that Nate is constantly referred to as "not handsome" or "un-handsome." It happens more than once. I get it, the author is trying to show how he softens when he smiles around Perci, but something about it bugged me.
"The Do-Over" will certainly please a lot of readers, but keep in mind that this book leans more toward women's fiction than pure romance. The bones are there, but something stopped me from loving this one. Also, this is a 0/5 on the steam scale, so keep that in mind if it matters to you.
**Thank you to NetGalley, and the author, for providing me with an ARC copy of this book! All opinions are my own, and I was not compensated in any way for my review.**
"The Do-Over" is a mostly enjoyable debut novel by Sharon M. Peterson that's all about being true to yourself, even if others push you to be someone else.
Persephone (Perci) has just been dumped. Over the radio. For concert tickets. To an AC/DC cover band. And, her now ex-boyfriend called her boring for the entire city to hear. AHHHHH!! The cruel humiliation! Perci is unhappy about where she is in life. She doesn't like her job (she works for her dad at his mortgage lending company). She doesn't like the way she looks. She doesn't like being compared to her beauty queen sister Phee. She's picked at and criticized by her mom constantly. She deems herself a failure. After a New Year's Eve full of heavy drinking, Perci's best friend Matthias writes a list of un-resolutions for her to follow so she will stop trying to be the unattainable 'perfect person' that society (and her mother) expects her to be. She quits her job, starts working at a nearby daycare, and soon meets her next-door neighbor Nate, whose daughter Lilah attends the daycare where she works. Perci tells a zany lie that finds her and Nate fake-dating so she can save face in front of her horrible, critical mother. Could romance be blossoming between the two of them for real?
I thought Perci getting dumped on the radio for concert tickets was an engaging way to open the book (despite being an absolutely horrendous thing to go through...and also, screw Brent forever). Perci's journey of self-acceptance is well-developed. I could see a little bit of myself in her. I found myself rooting for Perci to become the person she's always wanted to be. Any romance in this novel is secondary to Perci's pilgrimage to self-love. I 110% haaaaaated her mother Roberta. I wished I could crawl through the screen of my Kindle and smack the bejeezus out of her. I guess this just proves how well-written her character is. On the other hand, I loved Perci's wacky grandmother Mimi, a woman full of quirky witticisms about life. I also love how quickly she throws shade back at Roberta in Perci's defense.
My main criticism is that I found "The Do-Over" a little repetitive. It seems as if Perci goes through the same motions over and over again, and much of the book is written in the same way, with the same phrases, over and over. I found myself predicting to the tee what would happen as the story went on. I didn't feel much of a connection between Nate and Perci until the last 5% of the book. Also, certain plot points that seem like they're supposed to be more important than they are are merely handled off-book and then divulged after the fact. Some of the secondary characters needed a little more fleshing out. While Perci makes a lot of progress changing her opinion of herself, the family dynamics don't ever seem to change, and this bothered me a lot. Finally, for a book preaching self-acceptance and loving yourself for who you are, it rubbed me the wrong way that Nate is constantly referred to as "not handsome" or "un-handsome." It happens more than once. I get it, the author is trying to show how he softens when he smiles around Perci, but something about it bugged me.
"The Do-Over" will certainly please a lot of readers, but keep in mind that this book leans more toward women's fiction than pure romance. The bones are there, but something stopped me from loving this one. Also, this is a 0/5 on the steam scale, so keep that in mind if it matters to you.
**Thank you to NetGalley, and the author, for providing me with an ARC copy of this book! All opinions are my own, and I was not compensated in any way for my review.**
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for an honest review.
I would give this books a 3.5 ⭐️ 0 🌶
Tropes: single parent, forced proximity (neighbors), fake dating, slow burn romance
CW: alcohol, fatphobia, fat shaming, toxic relationships, emotional abuse by a parent/ controlling parent, diet culture, medical event
I’m this book Perci has always been the non adventurous, overweight people pleaser with a very controlling mom. We see her trying to figure out herself and what she wants out of life. We get to see her confidence improve and some self love. Her neighbor is a single dad and he trying to navigate raising his daughter and is afraid to open up. I did enjoy the build to their relationship and the dynamics with the little girl.
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Where I struggled with this book was with how easy the mom had it with being forgiven. She controlled so much of her daughters life from what she wore, where she worked, who she was dating, and about what she ate that honestly I don’t think Perci was hard enough on her and the make up made it seem like she tried her hardest and loved them so much and because she cared and loved them so much she controlled them. That didn’t sit well with me, Perci immediately felt awful for how she handled communicating and the fight but her mom just ghosted her and probably would have forced Perci to come to her if it had not been the meddling Mimi to intervene.
I also struggled with the fat representation. It was trying to be ambiguous in the beginning by calling her curvy which as a fat person is code for good fat or acceptable fat. So honestly, I’m unsure if she is fat or if she just had more curves and would be medium sized representation. A lot of the fat community really does not want it to be ambiguous. We want to know if they are or are not because we have been erased for years.
So I have some mixed feelings on this book as a whole. It has some funny moments and cuteness in it but also just a lot of toxicity with the relationship with the mom so please be mindful of that.
I would give this books a 3.5 ⭐️ 0 🌶
Tropes: single parent, forced proximity (neighbors), fake dating, slow burn romance
CW: alcohol, fatphobia, fat shaming, toxic relationships, emotional abuse by a parent/ controlling parent, diet culture, medical event
I’m this book Perci has always been the non adventurous, overweight people pleaser with a very controlling mom. We see her trying to figure out herself and what she wants out of life. We get to see her confidence improve and some self love. Her neighbor is a single dad and he trying to navigate raising his daughter and is afraid to open up. I did enjoy the build to their relationship and the dynamics with the little girl.
<<<<<< spoiler>>>>>>>
Where I struggled with this book was with how easy the mom had it with being forgiven. She controlled so much of her daughters life from what she wore, where she worked, who she was dating, and about what she ate that honestly I don’t think Perci was hard enough on her and the make up made it seem like she tried her hardest and loved them so much and because she cared and loved them so much she controlled them. That didn’t sit well with me, Perci immediately felt awful for how she handled communicating and the fight but her mom just ghosted her and probably would have forced Perci to come to her if it had not been the meddling Mimi to intervene.
I also struggled with the fat representation. It was trying to be ambiguous in the beginning by calling her curvy which as a fat person is code for good fat or acceptable fat. So honestly, I’m unsure if she is fat or if she just had more curves and would be medium sized representation. A lot of the fat community really does not want it to be ambiguous. We want to know if they are or are not because we have been erased for years.
So I have some mixed feelings on this book as a whole. It has some funny moments and cuteness in it but also just a lot of toxicity with the relationship with the mom so please be mindful of that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Alcohol
Minor: Death