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emotional
reflective
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
5.0
I really enjoyed this book!
No Filter and Other Lies follows teenage Kat Sanchez. Kat is a fat Boricua and she owns it. She just wishes someone besides her friends or grandparents would hear what she has to say. When she creates a profile and uses her friend Becca's face, Max Monroe is born. Then one of Max's photos goes semi viral and for once people are listening to what Kat has to say. After feeling invisible for so long, the power is intoxicating. But when one of Max's followers starts to become a true friend to Kat, she doesn't know how to untangle her web of lies.
Wow this book was so timely. The way Instagram functions and the way it can impact us is wild. We really see the highs and lows of social media through Kat's story. I loved getting to know Kat. Her love of dogs was easily one of my favorite parts of her. The way she uses her love of photography to help the animals at a local shelter get adopted melted my heart. And the way Kat champions Cash, a three legged pitbull, was just so adorable. More animal companions in books? Yes please!
The way this book addresses relationships was so good. Kat tends to hold in a lot of her feelings, but through this book we see her start to find her voice and begin to express some of the things she's been holding in. I loved how this book addressed boundaries and how setting them can be scary, but true friends will respect them.
Kat's relationship with her grandparents was everything. Her grandparents basically raised her and they're all still so close. I loved her interactions with them so much. Her parents on the other hand. That was something else. I liked that Kat was allowed to set a boundary with her mom and she's in charge of how, when or if that relationship will be continued. Her dad was more of a passive participant, but I was really glad with what he told her at the end of this book. I'm so glad to see toxic parents not being granted their every whim and want.
Kat's actions in this book definitely had me tugging at my hair, but I completely understand why she did what she did. It wasn't right, but she does ultimately face up to what her actions did and accepts the consequences dealt to her. I think this book is extremely timely and I hope young people who use social media will use this story as a cautionary tale on what not to do.
Rep: Fat Puerto Rican bisexual female MC with anxiety, fat white sapphic female love interest, Indian cishet male side character, Puerto Rican cishet male side character, Puerto Rican side characters.
CWs: Panic attacks, emotional/verbal abuse, child abuse, child neglect, gaslighting, mental illness (anxiety), parental abandonment, toxic relationship (parent/child). Moderate: fatphobia, underage alcohol consumption.
No Filter and Other Lies follows teenage Kat Sanchez. Kat is a fat Boricua and she owns it. She just wishes someone besides her friends or grandparents would hear what she has to say. When she creates a profile and uses her friend Becca's face, Max Monroe is born. Then one of Max's photos goes semi viral and for once people are listening to what Kat has to say. After feeling invisible for so long, the power is intoxicating. But when one of Max's followers starts to become a true friend to Kat, she doesn't know how to untangle her web of lies.
Wow this book was so timely. The way Instagram functions and the way it can impact us is wild. We really see the highs and lows of social media through Kat's story. I loved getting to know Kat. Her love of dogs was easily one of my favorite parts of her. The way she uses her love of photography to help the animals at a local shelter get adopted melted my heart. And the way Kat champions Cash, a three legged pitbull, was just so adorable. More animal companions in books? Yes please!
The way this book addresses relationships was so good. Kat tends to hold in a lot of her feelings, but through this book we see her start to find her voice and begin to express some of the things she's been holding in. I loved how this book addressed boundaries and how setting them can be scary, but true friends will respect them.
Kat's relationship with her grandparents was everything. Her grandparents basically raised her and they're all still so close. I loved her interactions with them so much. Her parents on the other hand. That was something else. I liked that Kat was allowed to set a boundary with her mom and she's in charge of how, when or if that relationship will be continued. Her dad was more of a passive participant, but I was really glad with what he told her at the end of this book. I'm so glad to see toxic parents not being granted their every whim and want.
Kat's actions in this book definitely had me tugging at my hair, but I completely understand why she did what she did. It wasn't right, but she does ultimately face up to what her actions did and accepts the consequences dealt to her. I think this book is extremely timely and I hope young people who use social media will use this story as a cautionary tale on what not to do.
Rep: Fat Puerto Rican bisexual female MC with anxiety, fat white sapphic female love interest, Indian cishet male side character, Puerto Rican cishet male side character, Puerto Rican side characters.
CWs: Panic attacks, emotional/verbal abuse, child abuse, child neglect, gaslighting, mental illness (anxiety), parental abandonment, toxic relationship (parent/child). Moderate: fatphobia, underage alcohol consumption.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Abandonment
Moderate: Fatphobia and Alcohol
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