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Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell by Taj McCoy

4 reviews

bookishmillennial's review

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
This felt a lot more like fiction with a coming-of-age story than a capital R romance, which is totally fine! I could see this as a movie on Hallmark! 

I think Savvy’s journey felt authentic because it was messy and imperfect. I appreciated her own growth in finding her confidence and her voice especially. 

I am very anti-diet culture and all about body neutrality, so while I understand society’s desire for everyone to “eat healthier,” I also would love to stop framing food as “good” or “bad”🥺 

I loved Savvy’s relationships with all the side characters (besides her ex Jason) and felt the care between all of them 🤎

cw: fatphobia, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, side character is an ex-cop, sexism, misogyny
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kyrstin_p1989's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.0

I felt like this book treated fatness as a problem to solve instead of fully allowing Savvy to embrace her figure, the only way she begins to love herself is by noticing how her body has changed from the beginning of her workout journey til the end.  To me, body positivity is about loving the skin you’re in without having to change yourself and this book didn’t really espouse those ideals. I liked the romance aspects and the friends made me laugh out loud often so the book wasn’t a total wash. 
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thirdeyeangel23's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

While this book had so many great moments I think it just wasn’t entirely for me. Our FMC is a young hard working black woman living in the south who embarks on a a journey to level up after getting dumped by her fat phobic and overall a**hole boyfriend. And I’m the process she starts to fall for her contractor. I often found myself getting pulled out of the story and that knocked this down a peg for me. The constant run-ins with the ex, miscommunication, and Savvy’s own internalized fat phobia plucked at my nerves. I also found the audio to be a bit grating as well. I love this narrator, but I don’t think this book was a good match up for her voice.
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brookey8888's review

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This was fine. I think my enjoyment level was lower because I listened to the audiobook and I didn’t like the narrator that much especially doing the male voices and especially during the smutty scenes. I do like the diversity included in this. There are some heavier topics so just have caution going in. 
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