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kjm_x's review
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Body horror, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Outing, Cursing, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Dementia, and Toxic friendship
anika222's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Eating disorder
I cannot emphasize enough how much fatphobia is in this that goes unchecked. Lots of weight loss talk, lots of weight based bullying, lots and lots and lots of fat hate from every character.dumbmaddie's review
emotional
funny
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Self harm
pdestrienne's review
3.0
I know this is supposed to be funny but it just made me kinda sad. Except for the descriptions of the Wizard of Oz songs and choreography which were great. And I listened to the audiobook which had a wonderful narrator.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
ryleexjane's review
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
3.5
the show is one of my favorites but this was a bit of a let down. the whole thing felt like it was leading up to something and then it just gets teased at the very end. i have yet to read volume 2 since i can’t find it anywhere but i sincerely hope it picks up where this one left off. still such an amazing read though, and it made me quite emotional.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
allzen_nochill's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
3.5
Since this is pulled directly from a diary, it's hard to pass any moral judgments on it - this is the true story of a fat teenage girl in 1989, dealing with the world as it was then & all of the crap our society was. Yes, there's internalized fatphobia that goes unexamined. Yes, there's internalized misogyny. Yes, Rae should have definitely been seeing a regular therapist instead of just getting spat out from her hospice stint. But it's also bitingly funny and sweet and real. That's what we asked it to be.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
Minor: Self harm and Death
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