bookbrig's review against another edition
mysterious
I gave up on this pretty quickly because I really dislike when fat is used as a shorthand for bad or greedy or stupid and it felt like the author managed a trifecta. Audacity seemed like a fun character, smart, cheerful, and resourceful. But each description of Miss Maisie's "piggy eyes" or flapping arm skin etc. etc. etc. wore on me a little more until I decided there were better ways to spend my time. I also found (slightly spoilery->) this reader's take on the framing of race relations in the book, and overall I think there are better historical fiction choices out there for me to bring into schoolsÂ
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
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