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A review by bruhcheesee
Fattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically by Stephanie Yeboah
fast-paced
2.0
really wanted to like this book, because it's important to have books about being fat, especially a fat woc, on platforms that reach a lot of people.
however the writing style is obnoxiously ~quirky~ and there doesnt seem to be much substance within the text for the majority of the book.
the saving graces of this book were chapter 6 and 7, which toned down the yaass and slay speak to be a bit more selfreflective, and bring interesting and not-often-talked-about subjects up, like eating disorders within fat bodies, or medical neglect and downright malpractice that fat bodies often have to endure.
the book brings up a lot of good points but structures them in a way where it looks like the author is just making vague observations instead of bringing up the existing statistics to back her up (another saving grace of chapter 6 and 7, lots of interesting stats and research is brought up and used as sources)
overall a book with good intentions and important messages structured in a yassified, first draft, clumsy, nothing-burger way that could have been so much more.
however the writing style is obnoxiously ~quirky~ and there doesnt seem to be much substance within the text for the majority of the book.
the saving graces of this book were chapter 6 and 7, which toned down the yaass and slay speak to be a bit more selfreflective, and bring interesting and not-often-talked-about subjects up, like eating disorders within fat bodies, or medical neglect and downright malpractice that fat bodies often have to endure.
the book brings up a lot of good points but structures them in a way where it looks like the author is just making vague observations instead of bringing up the existing statistics to back her up (another saving grace of chapter 6 and 7, lots of interesting stats and research is brought up and used as sources)
overall a book with good intentions and important messages structured in a yassified, first draft, clumsy, nothing-burger way that could have been so much more.