A review by kikireadsstuff
A Moment on the Lips by J Taylor

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

โ€˜๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ.โ€™

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I jumped at the chance to do this buddy read and Iโ€™m so glad I did - one of my new favourite books right here!! J Taylor is smart, funny and her writing is a dream!

When I say this book is relatable, itโ€™s an understatement! Iโ€™m a big girl myself and having a plus size main character and not as a token side character was amazing! But the struggles, the relationship with food, the experiences - they were to the point where it could have been me she was writing about.

Itโ€™s a story of two halves really, both being as equally important and well developed. The story focussing not only on the diet/weight side of things, but on this incredible journey all the women go on and this amazing friendship they build between them. Itโ€™s a properly feel good, girl power kinda vibe - women supporting women - and I bloody loved it!!

Now, letโ€™s talk about how funny it was!! I have a terrible sense of humour and if you listen to my husband, heโ€™d tell you Iโ€™m generally just a sarcastic b*tch. Well, if thatโ€™s the case then I have found my people, because it was bloody hilarious!! Not in that try hard, Iโ€™m trying to be funny way - but in a totally natural and effortless way. 

I think Jenna is my spirit animal!! So when this gets to big screen production (which it definitely needs to!!) Iโ€™m here for when youโ€™re casting ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ Also, I do just need to put it out there that Pam is an absolute legend!

All in all, itโ€™s one of the best books Iโ€™ve read in a long time. It was relatable, hilarious and had me properly smiling throughout. If you havenโ€™t read it already, you need to!!

And in the wise words of Grandad - โ€˜๐™‰๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™› ๐™– ๐™จ๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃโ€™ ๐™๐™ค๐™—๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™—๐™จ!โ€™

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