A review by cherryufos
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

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

2.75

It was okay. It started out pretty good; I love that the main character was plus-sized and I also enjoy the fun little article type of writing in some parts. 

What put me off was
I wasn’t the biggest fan of how Bea acted especially towards the middle and end of the book. I understand the difficulties of being plus size as I am myself. It can be hard to live in a society with judgement that some have for plus size bodies and I totally agreed with it in the beginning! But the issue got worst throughout the book, I felt it stayed negative and that no positive things were happening for the heroine. She wasn’t like the brave person she was in the beginning. Even the ending was lacking in my opinion. She eventually got with a man who was, in my opinion, kind of rude and had jealousy issues and not to mentioned he walked out on her. I felt she could do better. 

All in all, I feel as though the negative tone of the book and how it never seemed to get better really dug up some of my own insecurities sometimes which I wasn’t a fan of. So if you deal with body issues, maybe be careful of reading this book.


It has its good parts in some aspects and it’s an easy read otherwise but I wouldn’t recommend.
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