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La Terre, Mes Fesses Et Autres Choses Dodues by Carolyn Mackler
5 reviews
lsmith725's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual assault
americattt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Maybe it can mean whatever I want it to mean, like taking care of myself and not letting people walk all over me.
Yes, that's much more like it."
nostalgic middle school re-read
Graphic: Body shaming
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Eating disorder
greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death, Dysphoria, Rape, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault
ellie_h's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming
Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit
Minor: Rape
zombiezami's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I listened to the 15th anniversary version of the audiobook, and I was surprised by the "text edits" that took place. I don't really feel like those helped the narrative. Rather than making the book feel more current, it actually drew more attention to the anachronisms. Specifically, you really can't make a novel that takes place in high school during the 2010s without making some mention of social media. Along those lines, I would imagine that a teenager in the 2010s would at least be aware of the fat positivity/body positivity movements on social media. I understand why the author didn't explore this theme, since that would've meant rewriting the whole book, but if that's the case, it would've been better to simply leave the narrative in the early aughts.
A problem that I had with the book is that BIPOC characters seem pretty peripheral to the protagonist's life, despite the fact that she is living in New York City. The author does that annoying thing where she only mentions a character's race or skin color if they are nonwhite. I was particularly taken aback when the protagonist discussed wanting to take Chinese because she could curse people out and no one outside of chinatown would know what she was saying. That felt rather fetishizing to me. I'm curious to see if that dynamic improves in the second book.
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Self harm, Eating disorder, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual content, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit and Genocide