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Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks by Kelsie Stelting

7 reviews

nutmegvotour's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was cute and sweet. Relatable which is refreshing to see.

I did not appreciate the third act breakup. It’s not something I ever enjoy.

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innae's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This young adult rom-com is just so good. Rory is such a great character, and I feel her story. As a 50+ woman it is sad that I can still recall High School drama to this level. I also highly recommend listening (or reading) the author’s note—it just hit my feels. In fact it gets the last star simply for the author sharing her reason for writing this.

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

As a “curvy girl” who has PCOS, maybe this just hit a nerve for me, but I hate that being fat is so shameful. The whole book the main character talked about her weight like it made her a bad person. Why does our weight have to be connected with our moral goodness. The quarterback was the only person in this whole book that did not care about her weight at all.

He was kind and lovely to her, and she is the one who treated him a certain way because of his body.

I think it’s great to have representation for curvy girls and have them get the hot guy, but the self hatred and complete surprise that an attractive guy would even talk to a fat girl is a little much for me.

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patriciahanna's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Includes the bet to love troupe. Maybe it was because I listened to the audiobook and didn’t really love the reader but I felt like it dragged in some areas. I liked the relationship development with Beckett and Rory, and even Rory’s relationships with the other girls, but for a story that seemed to drag so much in the beginning and middle, the ending felt rushed by comparison. While Rory’s mom was supposed to redeem herself by the end, I still hated her and I didn’t feel like there was a great resolution with Merritt.

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legalplanner's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

I'm a huge believer in more body positivity but this one just fell flat for me. Our Female lead felt very whiny and had no confidence in herself. Her mom sure didn't help matters either. But beyond that I felt like she self sabotaged so much because she was always so worried about being accepted and not have to be some ideal that she ruined a lot of things for herself.

This was a quicker read (or listen in this case), but it was very predictable. I could generally see what was coming and when and it just felt overworked. I'm sure there will be tons of spin offs with the friend group that came to our Female Leads rescue when she was tasked with dating our Male lead. But I'm not sure that I feel moved to read further.

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andycob's review

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funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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yanitzawrites's review

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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