A review by booksandcurlz
When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke

Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
This book is too triggering for me. Made it less than 10% I honestly could not do it. I did not finish it.
As someone who has gone through a journey of finding peace with their body, this is not the type of Fat rep in books I am seeking in the books I read. To me this book does a disservice to any efforts to portray fat women as strong, independent, and confident.
Some FMC’s behaviors that triggered me:
  • Self-deprecation and fat shaming.
  • Stuck in Diet Culture mentality. Lots of diet talk.
  • Envious of her best friend because she had a better job, "better body", and was volunteering. WHAT?
  • Belief that her appearance makes her less valuable, therefore not worthy of male attention. Thank you, NEXT!
This is a DNF for me. I'm not willing to sit through several hours of listening to this woman complain about her body image. This is way too triggering for me to continue listen. 5 chapters in and we haven't even met the MMC yet.
I really had high hopes for this one. This is disappointing.
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