A review by emmas_bookshelf
Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is my first Olivia Dade book and now I need to read her backlist because WOW! Imagine two fat actors were cast on Game of Thrones, had to film scenes on a remote island just the two of them with only a handful of cast members present, for six years, and finally can be together now that they’re no longer working together… if they can reconcile their personal baggage and logistics issues! 

One of the things I really loved was how both leads were fat and fully accepting of their own bodies and each others. There was very minor fat shaming from outside parties either. The main character Maria talks about wanting to play roles as an actress where being fat isn’t treated as the character’s main personality trait and it felt like Dade wrote a book with fat characters where that’s also not their main character trait. I so appreciated that!!
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