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Sugar
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Another entry into the "doing bad things for fat characters" collection in YA.
In short: she hates herself, she's fat and miserable, but when she meets a boy who takes some interest in her, she suddenly wants to lose weight and feel better about herself.
But it's littered with hateful, painful-to-read messages that are lazy, hurtful writing.
Pass on it. I quit half-way through because there wasn't going back after "This extra layer of flesh hides the real me, even from myself."
In short: she hates herself, she's fat and miserable, but when she meets a boy who takes some interest in her, she suddenly wants to lose weight and feel better about herself.
But it's littered with hateful, painful-to-read messages that are lazy, hurtful writing.
Pass on it. I quit half-way through because there wasn't going back after "This extra layer of flesh hides the real me, even from myself."
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May 2, 2015
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May 2, 2015
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May 2, 2015
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"This fat girl book falls into the "a boy falls in love and she finds herself worth something" trope. But what is killing me is how unsympathetically Sugar is written. Chafing thighs. "Skinny girl trapped in a fat body." It's upsetting."
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Finished Reading
May 4, 2015
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May 4, 2015
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read-in-2015
May 4, 2015
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ya-fiction
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May 04, 2015 05:26PM
I just read You and Me and Him. I didn't love it, but I feel like it does better than usual in this regard. Not perfect, maybe, but better.
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Lisa Jenn wrote: "I just read You and Me and Him. I didn't love it, but I feel like it does better than usual in this regard. Not perfect, maybe, but better."There was something I read in a description of that one, either here or on Edelweiss maybe, that was a turn off for me. I have to avoid anything that isn't great, I think. I'm finding them harder and harder to take.
I am REALLY looking forward to Dumplin' by Julie Murphy though. A number of people have raved about it.
Indeed. Life is too short not to be picky.
I was starting to feel like I was the only one who wasn't madly in love with this book. I've been trying to read it for weeks and am only a quarter of the way in.
Just started reading this book and I'm feeling the same way. :/
You were right to stop reading. This book was just... bad.
Tiffany wrote: "You were right to stop reading. This book was just... bad."Did you read Gabi, A Girl in Pieces? I'd recommend going to that one for something similar but executed much, much, MUCH better.
I haven't read that one but I've definitely heard of it before!
