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michellec13's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Gore
bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Fat Camp + Blizzard + Zombies = The perfect storm for a unique sci-fi/thriller/horror that kept me on the edge of my seat and begging for more. I have a soft spot for books that make fun of themselves and Eat Your Heart out fits the bill. This combination of humor, self-awareness, and suspense is a favorite of mine. Following this motley camp crew as they flee the zombies overrunning the camp and figure out exactly what's going on was such a good time. It was a little jarring switching perspectives so frequently in the beginning, but once I got more familiar with all the character I actually liked it. Getting that 360 view of different events and seeing the motivations humanized all the characters quickly and made it feel more like a movie. There were a few choices that seemed random/weird/dumb to me, but that's actually on brand for horror movies. The ending was both satisfying and disappointing, but I think it suits the story itself. I'll be on the lookout for more from this author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy
Minor: Confinement and Suicidal thoughts
read_with_loren's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
deerlybeloved's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
While not my favorite book, I will be reading any sequel that comes out. Eat Your Heart Out is a great book written from a unique and rarely seen perspective; That of a fat girl's. The fat characters are not shamed, though attempts are certainly made, and the fatness of the characters isn't seen as a burden or horrible topic to be hidden.
There's some downright mortifying moments that made me suck in a breath, moments that made me emotional, and moments that meant more to me than I could ever describe. That being said, the ending left MUCH to be desired for me, and the lead up to the end felt a little flat compared to the rest of it, but do not let that keep you from reading! The experience is still enjoyable, with the characters being unique and beautiful in their own right.
There's some downright mortifying moments that made me suck in a breath, moments that made me emotional, and moments that meant more to me than I could ever describe. That being said, the ending left MUCH to be desired for me, and the lead up to the end felt a little flat compared to the rest of it, but do not let that keep you from reading! The experience is still enjoyable, with the characters being unique and beautiful in their own right.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma
The book mocks fatphobia and fatphobic rhetoric, something I enjoy, but as such it has to talk a lot about fatphobia and what others think of fat people. Therefore it could be very upsetting. Pregnancy, medical abuse/medical testing without consider, forced confinement, violence against children, and much more is talked about, so go with caution.franklola's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Violence, and Car accident
Minor: Murder
kingrosereads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
An upper YA horror comedy and science fiction with plus sized baddies and zombies? Yes please!
The book follows multiple point of views (Vivian, Allie, Paul, Rachel, Steven, and Sheldon). All but Steve are high schoolers attending Camp Featherlite, a fat camp. Some of the campers want to be there and others don’t. Then there’s Steve, their Facilitator, who’s just there to help pay for college. It’s holiday break in the mountains outside of Flagstaff, Arizona and these teens are trekking through a blizzard into what will become a hellish nightmare where not everyone survives. Only two days into what is meant to be a two-week camp, and campers have suddenly turned into mindless, powerful zombies. Our campers have to put their secrets and misgivings aside to help each other survive.
I think this book was incredible. A lot of f-bombs for a YA but I love it cause that’s exactly how 17 year old me talked. I love the badass plus-sized hero and she wields a damn plastic oar against zombies. And they’re the fast and strong kind of zombies were scare me so much more than normal zombies.
It’a a little meta. I hate that certain characters died and there’s an unsatisfying ending, but I appreciate the social commentary on the treatment of fat people. As a plus sized woman, I would’ve loved to see myself represented positively when I was a teen and I think this is a kickass book for older teen girls struggling with society having a problem with their weight.
I wish there was more diversity in the book. It was commenting on privilege a lot but mostly just skinny privilege and wealth.
Great book! Will read another by deVos in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, and Blood
librarymouse's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-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? No
4.5
I really enjoyed Eat Your Heart Out. It has profound character growth and insight into how different people react in traumatic situations for the main group, and it's a really engaging read. Kelly DeVos has a wonderful skill for describe setting in a way that draws the reader into the story. I think the concept behind how the zombies are made and develop is really interesting and unique to this story.
I'm not giving Eat Your Heart Out a 5 star review partially because of how it uses the classic horror tropes, though the usage and breaking of these tropes is also one of my favorite parts of the book. I didn't like thatone of Vivian's first thoughts after Allison's death was to kiss Steve It's 100% a trope used in slasher fiction all other time, but it's one of my least favorite tropes. The body positivity aspects of this book were also really well done. There was a strong message that thin doesn't equal healthy or strong without making the book didactic.
I'm not giving Eat Your Heart Out a 5 star review partially because of how it uses the classic horror tropes, though the usage and breaking of these tropes is also one of my favorite parts of the book. I didn't like that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Pregnancy
lornmari's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
1) I picked up this book because it had a fat MC who kicks ass- honestly I didn’t have toooo high of hopes for it and perhaps that made it even better. The story itself is told from multiple perspectives (way more than 2) and at first I found that a little irritating. Moving forward in the story however it proved to be a tactful story telling device and really built that necessary connections for the cast of characters.
2) The story primarily focuses on the crisis at hand but it does also try and fit in a romance. Admittedly I don’t feel it really added to the story but I guess it didn’t detract either- though he really could have been left out together.
3) The beginning of the book feels a bit predictable but pretty quickly it takes a twist and if you’re anything like me you’ve pretty much relinquished all control and let the story drive itself- I honestly couldn’t predict much after the first 1/3 of the book.
4) At no point did I have a solid grasp of what the characters looked like. I may have just missed that from their descriptions or their descriptions were pretty sparse. Aside from the book cover I had a hard time visualizing the characters
TLDR; the book was great! A solid “zombie” story with a sizable cast of characters. Is it the best zombie/horror tale out there? I don’t know. Was it a lot of fun and interesting? YES!
2) The story primarily focuses on the crisis at hand but it does also try and fit in a romance. Admittedly I don’t feel it really added to the story but I guess it didn’t detract either- though he really could have been left out together.
3) The beginning of the book feels a bit predictable but pretty quickly it takes a twist and if you’re anything like me you’ve pretty much relinquished all control and let the story drive itself- I honestly couldn’t predict much after the first 1/3 of the book.
4) At no point did I have a solid grasp of what the characters looked like. I may have just missed that from their descriptions or their descriptions were pretty sparse. Aside from the book cover I had a hard time visualizing the characters
TLDR; the book was great! A solid “zombie” story with a sizable cast of characters. Is it the best zombie/horror tale out there? I don’t know. Was it a lot of fun and interesting? YES!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Pregnancy
valpyre's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
[audiobook]
i enjoyed this a lot, and i was surprised at the amount of depth it managed to pack in 10 hours. it was pretty fast-paced, which i didn't mind at the start -- i appreciated that it got into the action/central plot almost right away, and that we didn't have to suffer through the actual camp program shit. the horror movie archetypes also set the structure for the group pretty well, though i got a little tired of it by the end of the book. i also really appreciate thatthe cause/biology of the zombies was explored as well. it was really interesting to consider what happens to these people after they turn? are they lost forever? . the ending was bittersweet, but not unsurprising. i think deVos did exactly what she set out to do with this book.
i enjoyed this a lot, and i was surprised at the amount of depth it managed to pack in 10 hours. it was pretty fast-paced, which i didn't mind at the start -- i appreciated that it got into the action/central plot almost right away, and that we didn't have to suffer through the actual camp program shit. the horror movie archetypes also set the structure for the group pretty well, though i got a little tired of it by the end of the book. i also really appreciate that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Fatphobia, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Body shaming
jen_sometimes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail