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A review by maryehavens
Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
3.0
This book is tough to review.
I finished it so that's good. I was interested in the world that Malaya occupies but I struggled with liking Malaya. I felt sorry for her since she was in a tough situation with her mother and grandmother riding her so much about her weight. But the choices she made, especially the lying, did not endear her to me. They made her more real for sure.
I don't know....I picked it up because I'm always interested in reading books with plus size main characters but the Maintenance Phase lover in me had a really difficult time reading about all the disordered eating.
I was really interested in the minor characters like Nyela and Ethan Windborne. I guess I wondered how Nyela could be so book smart in psychology and so psychologically damaged with her own eating and controlling Mayala's eating. I get it but I don't get it at all.
I was interested in finishing it but I wanted it to end sooner so I could move on.
I finished it so that's good. I was interested in the world that Malaya occupies but I struggled with liking Malaya. I felt sorry for her since she was in a tough situation with her mother and grandmother riding her so much about her weight. But the choices she made, especially the lying, did not endear her to me. They made her more real for sure.
I don't know....I picked it up because I'm always interested in reading books with plus size main characters but the Maintenance Phase lover in me had a really difficult time reading about all the disordered eating.
I was really interested in the minor characters like Nyela and Ethan Windborne. I guess I wondered how Nyela could be so book smart in psychology and so psychologically damaged with her own eating and controlling Mayala's eating. I get it but I don't get it at all.
I was interested in finishing it but I wanted it to end sooner so I could move on.