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Luisa: Now and Then by Carole Maurel, Mariko Tamaki
emotional
reflective
medium-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
4.25
Made me reflect on the person that I am becoming, what my younger self would have wanted.
Reminder: Don't hide your true self.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I honestly have no idea what I read. Every time I thought I knew what was going on, I got lost again. I kept reading, hoping I would experience what everyone else was according to the reviews but I never found it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Medical content
Every Body Shines by Monique Gray Smith, Jennifer Yen, Catherine Adel West, Rebecca Sky, Hillary Monahan, Kelly deVos, Francina Simone, Linda Camacho, Renée Watson, Claire Kann, Cassandra Newbould, Chris Baron, Nafiza Azad, Alex Gino, Amanda Lovelace, Sheena Boekweg
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Wow.. What a let down. I had been waiting a while to finally read this anthology of short stories, giving fat people the representation they deserve.
I went into this book thinking that it was going to be about characters that love themselves, body positivity, doing things as a bigger person. Instead I found it to be cruel, sometimes triggering, fat phobia, and harmful to YA readers.
I would say there were about four short stories that actually represented fat people in a decent way. I can't count how many of these stories were about an individual that couldn't fit in the clothes they wanted to. These scenarios are valid but should have been told differently.
I am sure the authors had good intentions but I wish this came out in a more positive way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia