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A review by juliavdelft
Swans Are Fat Too by Michelle Granas
5.0
I loved that this is about Poland. I hardly know anything about that country and this was basically Poland's history in a nutshell.
The story itself is great, too. Hania is an obese woman who learns a lot about herself, her family, and her country and grows (though not in size) over the course of the book. She meets a man she had met once as a child, Konstanty, who happens to be a doctor, but is descended from Polish aristocracy. Now he's just an ordinary-ish man, but he wants to write a history of Poland and gets Hania to help him. She does help him - by challenging his views. I liked both characters a lot.
The only thing I struggled with liking in this book were the kids. I think the author did that on purpose and made them pretty horrible since their parents were THE WORST. Oh my goodness, I couldn't even believe how awful they were and how psychologically messed up the kids were.
Also, is it just me, or should there be a comma after "fat" in the title? Swans are fat, too. That makes more sense, I think. It drove me crazy the whole time I was reading it. I'm tempted to just take a permanent marker and put it in.
The story itself is great, too. Hania is an obese woman who learns a lot about herself, her family, and her country and grows (though not in size) over the course of the book. She meets a man she had met once as a child, Konstanty, who happens to be a doctor, but is descended from Polish aristocracy. Now he's just an ordinary-ish man, but he wants to write a history of Poland and gets Hania to help him. She does help him - by challenging his views. I liked both characters a lot.
The only thing I struggled with liking in this book were the kids. I think the author did that on purpose and made them pretty horrible since their parents were THE WORST. Oh my goodness, I couldn't even believe how awful they were and how psychologically messed up the kids were.
Spoiler
And I don't know what happened to them in the end, which made me worry ... for fictional characters. I wasn't happy with the ending, despite the romance. I mean, I know the parents will leave again, but I want to know what happens to Kalina and her child!! I did think the whole teenage pregnancy part could have been left out, but I think the author wanted to show how messed up the kids were.Also, is it just me, or should there be a comma after "fat" in the title? Swans are fat, too. That makes more sense, I think. It drove me crazy the whole time I was reading it. I'm tempted to just take a permanent marker and put it in.