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sydney_arcuri's review
3.0
3.5/5
I really enjoyed parts of this story, but in the end I wasn't blown away like I hoped I hoped.
I really enjoyed parts of this story, but in the end I wasn't blown away like I hoped I hoped.
tazladyok's review
4.0
Good story
This a good story about learning to love yourself and growing up. I feel it was a little slow in a few spots, but overall a good storyline with fascinating characters.
This a good story about learning to love yourself and growing up. I feel it was a little slow in a few spots, but overall a good storyline with fascinating characters.
kathleenes's review against another edition
4.0
A good book. But I feel like the ending was a bit soft for the hard topics discussed throughout.
All in all I liked the book dealing with those topics but yeah, wish they were dealt with differently.
All in all I liked the book dealing with those topics but yeah, wish they were dealt with differently.
brittneyfike's review
4.0
WHAT A GREAT BOOK.
ENJOYED WATCHING
CHARLIE LEARN TO
LOVE HER BODY AND
I STAND UP FOR
HERSELF TO HER OWN
MOM. IT TOOK ME A BIT
TO GET IN TO THIS ONE
BUT IT WAS OVERALL A
GREAT YA READ.
ENJOYED WATCHING
CHARLIE LEARN TO
LOVE HER BODY AND
I STAND UP FOR
HERSELF TO HER OWN
MOM. IT TOOK ME A BIT
TO GET IN TO THIS ONE
BUT IT WAS OVERALL A
GREAT YA READ.
lafaycttc's review
5.0
cw: fatphobia
rep: biracial latine fat mc, dark-skinned pan sc, asian li, wlw side relationships.
Thank you to the publisher for granting me an advanced copy in exchange of an honest review.
Wow.... where to start??
By the obvious: I loved Fat Chance, Charlie Vega. As a fat, introverted, bookish girl myself, I just felt so seen by this book. It was like all my struggles were laid on page, and it just felt very good to read about a character that looked like me. Fat girls are f***in great heroines too!
Ok so, what is this book about?
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega is about finding love even if we think we don't deserve it. But more importantly, it's finding self-love. Charlie is a fat, biracial high school girl living in a white suburban city. She has never been kissed, nor even in a relationship, and every boy she has a crush on only has eyes for her beautiful, thin best friend, Amelia. Charlie is sick of everyone not noticing her, sick of the dysfunctional relationships with her mother (who's obsessed about her weight)... until she met Brian, and oh, Brian.... But things are never easy, because this isn't some romance novels Charlie adores, and before finding love, she has to find the strength to love herself first.
It's an lighthearted, feel-good (self) romance and you absolutely need to add it on your "to-read" shelf, like, right now. I can't wait for the book to be out in the world so everyone can read it.
rep: biracial latine fat mc, dark-skinned pan sc, asian li, wlw side relationships.
Thank you to the publisher for granting me an advanced copy in exchange of an honest review.
Wow.... where to start??
By the obvious: I loved Fat Chance, Charlie Vega. As a fat, introverted, bookish girl myself, I just felt so seen by this book. It was like all my struggles were laid on page, and it just felt very good to read about a character that looked like me. Fat girls are f***in great heroines too!
Ok so, what is this book about?
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega is about finding love even if we think we don't deserve it. But more importantly, it's finding self-love. Charlie is a fat, biracial high school girl living in a white suburban city. She has never been kissed, nor even in a relationship, and every boy she has a crush on only has eyes for her beautiful, thin best friend, Amelia. Charlie is sick of everyone not noticing her, sick of the dysfunctional relationships with her mother (who's obsessed about her weight)... until she met Brian, and oh, Brian.... But things are never easy, because this isn't some romance novels Charlie adores, and before finding love, she has to find the strength to love herself first.
It's an lighthearted, feel-good (self) romance and you absolutely need to add it on your "to-read" shelf, like, right now. I can't wait for the book to be out in the world so everyone can read it.
breesbookmark's review
5.0
Somehow Maldonado has managed to capture my lived experience as a fat woman. From the anxiety of walking into a store that only sells small sizes to feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness compared to thinner friends and romantic interests, I felt SEEN. The protagonist articulated feelings that I’ve struggled to identify until I saw them printed off the page, and I cried at least three times. The romance was cute, but more than anything it came with an underlying message far more important the “boys can liked fat girls, too”: that we are all deserve to love ourselves, no matter what the world tells us.