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A review by letsbebookfriends
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
3.0
*3.5 stars*
While there were aspects of the book that I did enjoy, there were some things that I found to be problematic for me personally. All it all it was okay.
The first thing being that the book I read was not the book promised in the synopsis. I thought I was getting a book about a full-figured girl who enters a beauty pageant to get her self-confidence back, but instead I got a book about a girl dealing with grief, insecurities, and mostly boy drama, who enters a beauty pageant for other reasons and really doesn't take it seriously.
The second thing that I felt to be problematic was a relationship in the book that I felt promoted the idea that "girls like jerks and nice guys finish last," which is something I can't stand!!! Maybe I'm biased because I love it when a guy has manners, but I hate it when girls brush off the guy who is absolutely wonderful to them for the jerk that made their heart skip a beat. GRRR!!
The things I did enjoy about the book was all the Dolly Parton love (I say Jolene at least a dozen times while reading this book), The BFF relationship struggles and how they were resolved, and the was the author handled the of grief.
While there were aspects of the book that I did enjoy, there were some things that I found to be problematic for me personally. All it all it was okay.
The first thing being that the book I read was not the book promised in the synopsis. I thought I was getting a book about a full-figured girl who enters a beauty pageant to get her self-confidence back, but instead I got a book about a girl dealing with grief, insecurities, and mostly boy drama, who enters a beauty pageant for other reasons and really doesn't take it seriously.
The second thing that I felt to be problematic was a relationship in the book that I felt promoted the idea that "girls like jerks and nice guys finish last," which is something I can't stand!!! Maybe I'm biased because I love it when a guy has manners, but I hate it when girls brush off the guy who is absolutely wonderful to them for the jerk that made their heart skip a beat. GRRR!!
The things I did enjoy about the book was all the Dolly Parton love (I say Jolene at least a dozen times while reading this book), The BFF relationship struggles and how they were resolved, and the was the author handled the of grief.