Reviews with content warning for Fatphobia - Such a Fun Age

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eslsilver's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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lostiolite's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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chloemarinar's review

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emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

feels a bit ridiculous to read a copy of this book with a “reese’s book club” stamp of approval. okay, reese. i guess.

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pointlessmoss's review

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funny reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

The lesson I learned from this: white people need to stop meddling!! And they should also stop trying to outdo one another in an imaginary competition of "Who is the least racist" (unless it's for my personal amusement).
For real though, I LOVE the writing and the story and the characters. I feel like I was reading about real people, not made-up fictional characters. Emira has my heart. I enjoyed myself the whole time and I felt so satisfied with how everything came together. So glad I picked this book up :)
Part of me wants to recommend this to everyone I know, but the other part of me knows not everyone will get invested in a slice-of-life story with this type of writing. I also want to hear what other people took away from this book! I'm curious to see what other interpretations of the story might be, and what I may have missed!

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chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

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tense medium-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

3.5

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taylorsevalia's review

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challenging reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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jasminn_perez's review against another edition

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funny reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

this book had a very fun storyline that could be interpreted as a thought provoking commentary on some foul ass white people or as just a fun story and i think i fell somewhere in the middle. i didnt love any of the characters (half of them were not meant to be loved) and i think i specifically just didnt personally identify with emira in the time of her life that she was in.

there were so many characters like both emira and alix had like five friends and i could not keep track of them all.

i think the moral of the story is that white people are crazy. alix’s infatuation with emira i found so fucking weird and frustrating and i think that it focused too much on her and i could not stand her. she was so controlling and i just could not understand her at all. ALSO WTF IS WRONG WITH HER WHY CANT SHE PARENT HER OWN KIDS. oh my god and i almost forgot there were some weird ass subtle fatphobia sprinkled throughout when talking about alix’s 140 pound body. she was calling herself fat constantly and i dont know if the author did this on purpose orr whats going on there. and i also havent heard anyone else say anything about that so idk. and kelley?? jesus christ. this man said the n word with a hard r and i was shocked to my core. because emira was so unbothered by the fact that this white man completely surrounded himself with black people i didnt really see a problem with it and i am so stupid for that. he was disgusting. he was so convinced that he knew what was best for emira AS A WHITE MAN. come on. alix got what she deserved but kelley deserved so much fucking worse. that man got off completely free and then was seen with a different black woman at the end??? oh my goooddddd

i think theres some important things to be taken away from this book. theres a lot on class and a perspective of a black woman that i think that non black people like myself can take from. but it was also some good fun drama LMAO.

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aviscomi11's review

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dark emotional funny 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

4.5

This book had two of the most well written, ethically ambiguous characters I can ever remember reading. This is also one of the first books I've read that has written a lot of young-child dialogue that is authentic, funny, and endearing without ever being overly sweet.

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