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A review by jesikasbookshelf
Big Bones by Laura Dockrill
1.0
"people don't like putting a fat person in a position of power - the addiction is too obvious. Like, a gambler can hide gambling or a cheater can hide cheating. You can hide smoking or even a drug habit...you don't have to wear it on your body, but as far as the world's concerned I wear my addiction, my vulnerability. I'm decorated in my weakness"
I will start this by saying that I think it is hard to judge how much young teenagers will like a story when you no longer fit that age bracket. I think there was a lot of good in this book - BB is self-aware and she isn't ashamed. That is such a positive protagonist to put out there in the world. I did feel, however, that her instance that she loved her body came from a place of deep insecurity which only began to be explored in the last third of the book.
Her relationships with her parents, her sister, best friend and the ONE BOY in this book are all sweet and generally pretty funny. However, there isn't a lot of character growth and they all seemed a bit annoying to me - I blame this solely on the fact that, quite clearly, I am getting old. At 26.
BB does eventually make changes, and she does it for good reasons surrounding realising that she should use her body more and take care of it. Honestly, I wish I could permanently get that message through my own brain so I'm impressed with the way it was brought about in this novel.
Big Bones is a story about a teenage girl who has to walk around knowing that everyone is judging her. I understand that - how upsetting it is and how ashamed you feel. She left the end of this novel with a much healthier attitude and that is no bad message to be sending to teenage girls.
I will start this by saying that I think it is hard to judge how much young teenagers will like a story when you no longer fit that age bracket. I think there was a lot of good in this book - BB is self-aware and she isn't ashamed. That is such a positive protagonist to put out there in the world. I did feel, however, that her instance that she loved her body came from a place of deep insecurity which only began to be explored in the last third of the book.
Her relationships with her parents, her sister, best friend and the ONE BOY in this book are all sweet and generally pretty funny. However, there isn't a lot of character growth and they all seemed a bit annoying to me - I blame this solely on the fact that, quite clearly, I am getting old. At 26.
BB does eventually make changes, and she does it for good reasons surrounding realising that she should use her body more and take care of it. Honestly, I wish I could permanently get that message through my own brain so I'm impressed with the way it was brought about in this novel.
Big Bones is a story about a teenage girl who has to walk around knowing that everyone is judging her. I understand that - how upsetting it is and how ashamed you feel. She left the end of this novel with a much healthier attitude and that is no bad message to be sending to teenage girls.