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A review by sandylender
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
2.0
There are spoilers in this review. Only read this if you're okay with some spoilers, starting in the second paragraph.
The teen girl with weight concerns offers readers a realistic view of how off-the-cuff comments can harm a person's self-esteem, and how absenteeism parenting contributes to mental health issues in our society. I found myself disappointed in the ease with which the narrator let a teen girl wander through a city...it was unrealistic far too often. That's where the absenteeism parenting worked in...but in a strange way...
I found myself "leaving" the story to wonder, "wait...who lets their teen kid be alone all weekend every weekend?" or "what kid buys a plane ticket in defiance of her parents and doesn't get grounded for it?"
I think the opening scene of a girl making out with a kid (while her parents are still at work) she doesn't really think she cares for, just because she wants to practice making out, set me off on the wrong foot. I disliked Virginia from there and she had to win me back...
I also found the girl's "forgiving" of the date rape completely unbelievable.
It also felt remarkably "fast" of Virginia to start up a blog with kids who weren't giving her the time of day prior to winter break, when her only interests prior to winter break were eating and texting her BFF.
The teen girl with weight concerns offers readers a realistic view of how off-the-cuff comments can harm a person's self-esteem, and how absenteeism parenting contributes to mental health issues in our society. I found myself disappointed in the ease with which the narrator let a teen girl wander through a city...it was unrealistic far too often. That's where the absenteeism parenting worked in...but in a strange way...
I found myself "leaving" the story to wonder, "wait...who lets their teen kid be alone all weekend every weekend?" or "what kid buys a plane ticket in defiance of her parents and doesn't get grounded for it?"
I think the opening scene of a girl making out with a kid (while her parents are still at work) she doesn't really think she cares for, just because she wants to practice making out, set me off on the wrong foot. I disliked Virginia from there and she had to win me back...
I also found the girl's "forgiving" of the date rape completely unbelievable.
It also felt remarkably "fast" of Virginia to start up a blog with kids who weren't giving her the time of day prior to winter break, when her only interests prior to winter break were eating and texting her BFF.