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meg__ 's review for:
One Big Happy Family
by Susan Mallery
DID NOT FINISH: 36%
This isn't a good book. It just had good marketing.
My first issue was that the dialogue was expository for the reader's sake in a way that was so unrealistic. For example, the siblings have a stiff conversation where they talk about how long their dad has been gone for and how the other holidays went without him.
I also felt the characters were hollow. Gwen is a caricature of a monster-in-law. Dana is insufferable. She's either moping about her on-again off-again boyfriend or obsessing over weight loss and a restrictive diet. The dieting in particular was a wild storyline to include in a holiday book that people will likely read between indulging at Christmas parties. This is not the representation of fat people we are missing in fiction.
My first issue was that the dialogue was expository for the reader's sake in a way that was so unrealistic. For example, the siblings have a stiff conversation where they talk about how long their dad has been gone for and how the other holidays went without him.
I also felt the characters were hollow. Gwen is a caricature of a monster-in-law. Dana is insufferable. She's either moping about her on-again off-again boyfriend or obsessing over weight loss and a restrictive diet. The dieting in particular was a wild storyline to include in a holiday book that people will likely read between indulging at Christmas parties. This is not the representation of fat people we are missing in fiction.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder