Reviews with content warning for Fatphobia - What You Are Looking For is in the Library

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What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

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royalwaves's review against another edition

4.0

This is exactly what I needed right now and made me want to work in a library so badly. The only reason I’m not giving this a higher rating is because the judging of the librarians weight was 100% not needed and I started to roll my eyes when a new character met her.

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filmcritic23's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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readingsponsoredbybts's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.25

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lucylou's review

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hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

4.25

Loved the short stories, and how each person’s inner thoughts are portrayed. My only gripe is 3 of the 5 characters initially describe the librarian in an insanely fatphobic way, detracting from the scene and overall book a lot.

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skeltzer's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.0

Lovely little book, aside from the recurring fatphobia.

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toastyghosty13's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-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

3.75

I really enjoyed reading this book because it was a way to show how the most unlikely of methods could help you to have a better outlook on life. This book was emotional, but has at least one thing throughout all of the stories that I think any reader could relate to. This was a pretty quick read and each story left me feeling inspired. It was a good feel good book.

The only thing that felt off for me was how a lot of the characters talked about the librarian. The way they talked or thought about her was kind of gross, especially when she basically helped them turn their lives around.

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