Reviews

Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

biancarogers's review against another edition

4.0

Malaya is a character I’ll carry with me forever.
Lovers of heartrending coming-of-age stories that will heal a little piece of you, do not pass this one up!

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐—𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎—𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗—𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚍.”

meredithodonn's review against another edition

2.0

DNF - i gave this a good shot, but truly, it bored. the writing was all over the place, making me re-read sentences multiples times. not a fan.

eclecticmaud's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

bookrecsondeck's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

carolinerosereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

kriste_reading_journey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

metalikebeta's review against another edition

3.0

The rich descriptions of Harlem, food and family were lovely. The interwoven narrative around gentrification was also interesting (though tertiary compared to some of the other themes, but something that interested me nonetheless.

sollyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

tiffhutch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

helen000's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5