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kwthor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, Body shaming, Cursing, and Sexual content
beklovesbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Grief
Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, and Car accident
thaliareads's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death
With a plus sized FMC and a reality TV dating show setting, unfortunately, discussions and judgment about body size and body image. Sexual content is only moderately detailed.annniina98's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident and Cancer
annahamburger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Abandonment
Moderate: Car accident, Cancer, and Body shaming
Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Infidelity, Violence, Cursing, and Sexual content
skunze's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content
sophializbee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Bullying, Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Body shaming
the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying and Grief
Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Sexual content
roget's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Moderate: Fatphobia and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
ishouldbereading's review against another edition
- 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
First off, they had so little chemistry I almost couldn't believe they should be in love. They had their moments, you could say, but it wasn't something to root for. But to be fair, Henry had zero chemistry with all the girls. Next up, Henry altogether. He was so flatly written, I still don't know who he is. He had no character traits and so many things about him didn't make sense. Especially his decision making, mainly in the end, made no sense.
Now the body positivity part. I really REALLY liked that nobody really cared about her being plus-sized (except Addison, I still want to know what she said) and she seemed confident in her body. I loved the part when she made her own dress and her comments in the show about being plus-sized. I especially loved that Henry didn't make the cheesy comments in most body-positivity books/movies and just seemed to not even realize it. But I feel like we didn't get that big of a respond from public. Yes, the audience loved her, but I wanted to know more. I know they didn't have phones in most of the book but they could add a little more audience reaction, tweets and just women appreciating her.
Now my probably biggest issue with this book: It felt like a copy of Selection. Most of the characters and plot was the same as in Selection. And let me tell you, I liked Selection more, it was better written. The participants were the same and yeah, it makes sense that they were similiar since they're both based on The Bachelor but these similiarities felt too similiar. Addison was a total copy of Celeste, Sarah Claire was Kriss, Anne was Marlee and so on and so on.
But the best part about this book was the retelling. The little details like her having blue dress and those shoes, midnight and all those cute references. It was such a good retelling and I loved that her stepmom wasn't evil. It felt natural and it's my favourite retelling so far.
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Grief
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, and Sexual content