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Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

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alisonvh's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This book is every bit as endearing and heartwarming as the first two books in the series. Although you don’t need to have read the other two books in order to enjoy this one, I did appreciate that we got a glimpse of the couples from the two prequels and how they’re doing now.
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jenny_librarian's review against another edition

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funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It's a good thing this series isn't linear, because I completely jumped over Puddin' to read Pumpkin because of the rainbow spine (yes, I'm that shallow). And I regret nothing! This book was the right way to end Pride month. It's got enough sparkle in it to fuel a queer army, and just enough cheese to make you go "awww" once in a while.

One thing I love about Julie Murphy is how she writes unapologetic fat characters. Waylon doesn't try to lose weight. He's not uncomfortable in his body, except when it's in relation to others because that's what society taught him. I love how the author challenges assumptions that losing weight solves everything and how going on and on about your weight loss can actually be damaging to other (eg. Alex).

I saw the romance coming from miles away, but it was still cute. I would however like to point out that bisexuality seems a completely foreign concept to those teens, even though they go on rants about the fluidity of gender or write something about being asexual. For the first half of the book, Waylon is even borderline biphobic, refusing to even imagine
Tucker
as anything but straight. And I don't love the fact that the word itself is never mentioned. It would be fine to say that character is questioning, but he seems pretty comfortable in his identity. Especially after what happened with Lucas, I'm surprised Waylon would accept it without knowing where
Tucker
stands (even if he's still discovering it himself).
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bectothebooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.5

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stacy837's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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libraryghost's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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hallowlm's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

3.75

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robyn_fenix's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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legalplanner's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

4.5

This book started out with a bang and a laugh. I loved and cried through Dumplin, I ugly cried through Puddin, well I devoured and geared up reading this one. The stepping out of your own way to live is so hard to do and was handled amazingly in this book. I’m sad that I’m done reading it but can say I’d for sure read it again. 
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teatales's review against another edition

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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

4.0

Very sweet book. Took me a bit to warm up to Waylon but overall a great tale about finding one's place in the world. Puddin' is probably my favourite of the series though. 
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