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Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

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anna_a's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I liked this book a lot. It is dark at times so definitely check the content warnings. 
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reading_binosaur's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

Absolutely amazing. It did take mea little bit to get into the book, the main character seemed a little whiny at first. But after the first chapter I was hooked.
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1.0

Yikes. The Luckiest Girl Alive should come with a giant Trigger Warning on the cover for anyone who has ever had a single negative thought about their body. You would be hard pressed to find ONE PAGE of this book that does not contain an incredibly toxic description of food, body size, or otherwise disordered thinking. I’m talking not one of the many female characters in the book is immune, and it is honestly incredibly distressing to read. Add that to the uninteresting plot, unlikeable main character, and rather shallow handling of several pretty harrowing topics, and it makes for a book that I would gladly have never read. 

The way things turn out for the main character at the very end does contain a small glimmer of redemption...but I was too busy feeling guilty about the lunch I’d just eaten to notice.
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