Reviews

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, by Mona Awad

daisyandherbooks's review against another edition

The writing was so weridly structured, also didn’t really care for the premise sooo

kellyung's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent

bibillyhills's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

louisariley's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

rhi16's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

aliadulcibella's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

ladyofaragon's review against another edition

4.0

Has to be another 4.5 from me, like "Bunny". (At least, I'm pretty sure I gave "Bunny" a 4.5 rating...I'm too lazy to go back and look.)

Mona Awad's prose is just unapologetically zany. She truly doesn't shy away from anything, and I love her all the more for it, even though I understand why other people would be put-off by her style. This particular work is a collection of vignettes looking at the life of our protagonist, Elizabeth/Liz/Lizzie/Beth/Bettie. I loved all of them in their own way, but I have to say, even though it's supposed to be fragmented and choppy by nature, I was still left wanting a little by the last installation.

Very beautiful work, though. I can't wait to read more from this author.

thereisnofries's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

jillyfay's review against another edition

1.0

This book sucked. It went absolutely nowhere. The story was so disjointed. It told about her life in chunks of time starting in her teen years that were supposed to connect, but never really did. It was often written in first person but every now and then it went third. And then in a chunk or time she’d start saying after something happened I’d think this and that. Seriously. Nowhere.

kasiabrenna's review against another edition

2.0

Insightful and darkly funny, but very grim. Not easy to read.