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A review by ellyrarg
Am I Ugly? by Michelle Elman
4.0
This was a good read, the writing was engaging and pulled you along, without you realising you were even on the path you were.
I wasn’t sure about it to begin with, as typically autobiographies have all the awkward life details and no resolution, but not this book. What mattered was included (and I assume we never saw the things that didn’t) and we ended up in a nice conclusion with a positive story and a polite you can be happy too, if you want.
Even better, it wasn’t the whole book that was body positive, there was no memes or hashtags or sound bites to make this feel off, like a marketing platform. Instead it was honest and genuine and relatable.
Good book, a story worth reading.
I wasn’t sure about it to begin with, as typically autobiographies have all the awkward life details and no resolution, but not this book. What mattered was included (and I assume we never saw the things that didn’t) and we ended up in a nice conclusion with a positive story and a polite you can be happy too, if you want.
Even better, it wasn’t the whole book that was body positive, there was no memes or hashtags or sound bites to make this feel off, like a marketing platform. Instead it was honest and genuine and relatable.
Good book, a story worth reading.