Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

7 reviews

jaz_gets_literary's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was so close to my loved experience as a child. It pulls on my heart strings and I totally understood every single thing Malaya went through. I wanted to hug her, be there for her to talk to, be her real friend, be everything that she didn’t have and neither did I growing up. The author wrote the crap out of this book because she had me ready to stand up and fight every adult  for Malaya lol. While most of the adults figured things out and changed, that one person had me hot until the end of the book. We need to square up lmao. But the fact that the fact reminds me of someone in my family just hurts more. I’m so glad Malaya figures things out when she does because it took me way longer to get to that place. Every lil big Black girl should read this book. I look forward to reading more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Possible spoilers pertaining to a couple of the content warnings < the child/ adult relationship is between the main female character when she is 16/17 and adult male. It’s not a relationship it’s one scene between the two of them.

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Bullying, Addiction, and Death of parent

igood54's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I wanted to like this book more than I did. The ending was lovely, but most of the book was hard to get through (emotionally).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder

d0505's review

adventurous challenging hopeful sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

popcornreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

skudiklier's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I kind of expected more from this to be honest, but it was still pretty good. I don't really have anything to say about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death and Domestic abuse

kelseykreme's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts