Reviews - Size Doesn't Matter

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I am not going to lie, I'm actually really surprised that I read Big Boned . I only moderately liked Size 12 Is Not Fat and I could not stand Size 14 Is Not Fat Either ; I was actually surprised that I finished it.

However, I really enjoyed Big Boned . It was one of the books that I really couldn't put down. I just kept reading and then it was done. I was reading this after I had finished a Stephen King novel so I needed something much lighter, and this was perfect for that.

It was a great classic mystery. It had the crime -- in this case the murder of Owen Veatch; then it had the obvious suspect in custody; the great leads and sleuthing; minor sub plots -- the GSC strike, the love lives of the main and minor characters, the career moves; and the solving of the crime.

In Big Boned I finally got that happy ending with Heather and Cooper that I had been waiting for and reading the internal dialogue that almost made me want to gag constantly, but in this book I didn't want to gag nearly as much, haha. I am pretty sure that the book ending with nothing but happy endings for all the characters is why I actually liked this book.

thenia's review against another edition

4.0

Heather is finally dating someone and is relatively happy, even if he's not the man she's been in love with. They don't seem to have that much in common either, but she tries not to dwell on that fact and does her best to take an interest in his hobbies, even going so far as to go running with him.

She has just gotten in to work after that run, only to discover her new boss's dead body in his office, shot in the head. Determined to stay out of the investigation this time, unwilling to face the same fate, she nevertheless gets dragged into it when

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her assistant's crush is arrested and she begs Heather to help prove his innocence

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Cooper, who once again is not happy with her investigating solo, has her back and

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even attacks one of their suspects when he seems to be after Heather, injuring himself in the process. It turns out that he's only guilty of sexual harassment of his students, however, and not the murderer.

Heather eventually figures out who it is and thinking she's safe enough, considering that it's the professor's ex wife whose gun is in police evidence, goes to confront her by herself. She soon finds that she has miscalculated, since the woman is more dangerous that Heather believed and is ready to shoot Heather when the police come to her rescue just in time.

With all the threads neatly tied, Heather goes home and finally haves a talk with Cooper, who finally makes a move after she tells him that she broke up with her rebound guy, who was too perfect for Cooper's liking and urged him to "propose" to her, unwilling to give her another opportunity to slip through his fingers

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Very engaging, like the first two books, with a heroine who's grown up quite a bit and is finally happy. Her story continues in [b:Size 12 and Ready to Rock|12968400|Size 12 and Ready to Rock (Heather Wells, #4)|Meg Cabot|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1324337410s/12968400.jpg|11781726], but I think I'll bask in the happy glow of this happy ending for a while before getting to it.

Previous book reviews:
✦ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells, #2)
✦ Size 12 Is Not Fat (Heather Wells, #1)

yourteenlibrarian's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

alinetrochu's review against another edition

3.0

Le dernier tome des aventures de Heather Wells est tout aussi savoureux que les autres et je suis bien heureuse de voir certaines choses enfin arriver!