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sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
MASSIVE WARNING: the author is very fatphobic and as a plus size person this book was VERY hard to get through.
The author does not use any other descriptions of people except fat ones (ex: chubby hands; overweight man; flabby arms; large hips) so we literally only know the color of some people’s hair and which characters are fat. It reads very much as an inherent bias as these descriptions do nothing to add to the plot.
She also has a character call another’s lady son a “hood rat” and demonizes the only adopted child in the book as if being adopted by miserable people isn’t already traumatic enough.
The author does not use any other descriptions of people except fat ones (ex: chubby hands; overweight man; flabby arms; large hips) so we literally only know the color of some people’s hair and which characters are fat. It reads very much as an inherent bias as these descriptions do nothing to add to the plot.
She also has a character call another’s lady son a “hood rat” and demonizes the only adopted child in the book as if being adopted by miserable people isn’t already traumatic enough.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
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