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tankytoon 's review for:
Butterface
by Avery Flynn
emotional
hopeful
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The premise is simple: the supposedly ugly girl meets the supposedly hot guy. They fake date and fall in love.
What is stopping this love story from happening are Gina's insecurities and Ford's inability to understand where she's coming from.
Most of the book is commentary about Gina's looks and how people can't see past the surface, how Gina gets used to this maltreatment and even does not expect anyone to love her for who she is.
Then Ford comes along and finds Gina genuinely attractive but she is disbelieving and keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop.
To his credit, Ford tries really hard to prove Gina wrong that he sometimes fumbles and becomes clueless when he's around her.
Initially, I thought I would connect with Gina's character as I usually gravitate towards the "undesirables" or the "underdogs", but I find myself empathizing with Ford because I think he isn't given a fair chance to explain his actions.
Gina assumes the worst of him as she paints every man with the same brush as the one who pranked her. But as there are bad guys, there are good guys too.
What is stopping this love story from happening are Gina's insecurities and Ford's inability to understand where she's coming from.
Most of the book is commentary about Gina's looks and how people can't see past the surface, how Gina gets used to this maltreatment and even does not expect anyone to love her for who she is.
Then Ford comes along and finds Gina genuinely attractive but she is disbelieving and keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop.
To his credit, Ford tries really hard to prove Gina wrong that he sometimes fumbles and becomes clueless when he's around her.
Initially, I thought I would connect with Gina's character as I usually gravitate towards the "undesirables" or the "underdogs", but I find myself empathizing with Ford because I think he isn't given a fair chance to explain his actions.
Gina assumes the worst of him as she paints every man with the same brush as the one who pranked her. But as there are bad guys, there are good guys too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming