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A review by sam_anker_
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
1.0
I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t actually finish this one. Like, I know it’s a book for high schoolers that I willingly picked out, but it felt young. The main character felt childish, and the author would literally write in emojis. Like, SAY “eye roll emoji” and use hashtags.
Also, I’ve been trying to pick books about fat girls and this seems to be a trend amongst all of the ones I’ve read, but it’s so obnoxious when the only character trait is that they’re FAT! Like babe I get it. Why do they have to find love DESPITE their weight? Why can’t they just drop in a “oh I’m a size 20” and then move about as normal. I get it, and to be fair I was more focused on my weight and thought everyone was thinking about that in high school too, but it just annoyed me in this book. And as someone trying to move past this kinda logic, I’m not sure having this weird message pushed in these books is really helpful.
I don’t know what else to say, and also this might be kinda mean but I feel like after reading just the little bit of this book I feel better about my own writing
Also, I’ve been trying to pick books about fat girls and this seems to be a trend amongst all of the ones I’ve read, but it’s so obnoxious when the only character trait is that they’re FAT! Like babe I get it. Why do they have to find love DESPITE their weight? Why can’t they just drop in a “oh I’m a size 20” and then move about as normal. I get it, and to be fair I was more focused on my weight and thought everyone was thinking about that in high school too, but it just annoyed me in this book. And as someone trying to move past this kinda logic, I’m not sure having this weird message pushed in these books is really helpful.
I don’t know what else to say, and also this might be kinda mean but I feel like after reading just the little bit of this book I feel better about my own writing