A review by somberlittleman
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

I wanted to like this book more—I’ve loved other books of Rae Carson’s—but I admit I was very disappointed by how much this book seems to loathe fatness and fat people. I was pleasantly surprised that the main hero was a fat girl in the beginning of the story, only to be strongly disappointed that
she gets a skinny glow-up by starving partway through.
Because of that, this is the first book of Carson’s I didn’t speed through in a day. 

It’s still a fun adventure. But maybe don’t recommend this book to any teenage girls, or anyone else who struggles with body image and weight stigma.
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