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Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos

4 reviews

mirandakellymacbeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense 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

3.5

I thought the book was really fun, though I felt a little unsure of exactly what tone it was aiming for most of the time. Sometimes it felt lighthearted and silly (like a fun cheesy thriller) but then would shift over into serious territory. I think a mix is possible, but the shift between the two felt a little awkward. Overall I enjoyed the book and maybe only wish it was a little more wacky. Like the concept of weight loss bars turning fat camp kids into zombies is kind of fun, but it the author felt afraid it make it too much fun. Maybe it was concern for making fun of fat camps and people who attend them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Fatphobia

Minor: Self harm, Death, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Religious bigotry

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Fatphobia, Cannibalism, Vomit, Violence, Child death, Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

farenmaddox's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Deliciously fun and campy just like a zombie thriller should be. It definitely wishes it were a movie instead of a book. I enjoyed all the characters and am so glad to see a thoughtful depiction of fat characters who are nuanced and interesting and capable and flawed and heroic and so many different things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Cannibalism, Body horror, Pregnancy, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Vomit and Car accident

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 that

one 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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Grief, Gore, Body shaming, Violence, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Suicide, Cannibalism, Car accident, Fatphobia, and Death