13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl : Fiction

from Brainannex

Some really great writing on a sentence by sentence basis but there doesn't seem to be anything new that she's saying. I wanted to give the main character some feminist writings to chew on. That said, there is a certain resonant pain with how the main character deals with men, with family, and wi...

from gypsysmom

I think in small doses this collection of short stories would have been thought-provoking and illuminating. There are some gems of observation here but reading story after story was enervating. The stories tell of an overweight girl, then an overweight young woman, then a young woman who starves ...

from Karen.Helfrick

I received an early release of this through Penguin's First To Read program. Wonderful writing that makes me feel like I know this girl and her struggle. This feels like a memoir, like real. In places almost too real, which is depressing. Because in the end, this character has a miserable life of...

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One of several short stories contained in this book. It was mildly amusing but overall had me feeling depressed about he characters. I kept wanting to interject suggestions on her flawed thinking of self acceptance. She develops a "relationship" with a much older physically disabled man online. T...

from bucketofrhymes

Well-written, uncomfortable. I love books with flawed lead characters, books that deal with the expectations placed on young women by society, books that let girls be unlikeable. And there's a self-consciousness that this book captures in a compelling way. However, I found this book a little much...