A review by gellyreads
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This may be petty, but I feel like the main reason this isn’t a 5 for me is because (as far as my research lead me to believe) Awad isn’t fat. And some of these comments do ring very, very true to me as fat woman (especially one who has gone up and down in weight), but some of them just…don’t? I know this is a bit before my time, but the clothes and shopping descriptions when they happened threw me? And I know that’s what inspired her to write this, but… I don’t know. It just didn’t quite ring true. However, the chapter/story from Tom’s POV was devastating and one of my nightmares about a relationship. I found Biggest Fan to also be beautifully Awad, and the humor I would expect based on her other novels. 
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