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A review by ourxstorybegins
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Here’s the thing -- the premise, the way the author did the gender flip here, and the mystery were all very fun! HOWEVER:
Charlotte is not a small woman. She loves to eat sweet treats and I love that for her. But at one point in the book, she explains that she’s calculated the exact number of chins that she can have before her face shape is no longer attractive. And we’ll just occasionally get a comment like “she’s at 1.4 chins so she can’t have a second slice of cake” or something like that, and WHYYYYYY????
I looked into it and apparently it persists throughout the series and I’m so sad about it because it ruined the whole experience.
Moderate: Fatphobia