Review by betweentheshelves - The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

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betweentheshelves 's review for:

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is very much reflective of the time it was written in, though a lot of the issues of weight and body image a lot of teen girls still struggle with. I appreciated that Virgina learns confidence throughout the book, allowing herself to speak up about what she wants. It will for sure make for interesting conversation at book club this week!

Also, I ended up listening to the audiobook and I think they changed some of the pop culture references? Because they mentioned La La Land at one point, and I was like wait...didn't this come out way before that? And yes, I was correct.

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