by Beth Fehlbaum
ebook, 288 pages
Publsihed April 18th 2014
by Merit Press
ARC from Netgalley
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Insecure, shy, and way overweight, Colby hates the limelight as much as her pageant-pretty mom and sisters love it. It's her life: Dad's a superstar, running for office on a family values platform. Then suddenly, he ditches his marriage for a younger woman and gets caught stealing money from the campaign. Everyone hates Colby for finding out and blowing the whistle on him. From a mansion, they end up in a poor relative's trailer, where her mom's contempt swells right along with Colby's supersized jeans. Then, a cruel video of Colby half-dressed, made by her cousin Ryan, finds its way onto the internet. Colby plans her own death. A tragic family accident intervenes, and Colby's role in it seems to paint her as a hero, but she's only a fraud. Finally, threatened with exposure, Colby must face facts about her selfish mother and her own shame. Harrowing and hopeful, proof that the truth that saves us can come with a fierce and terrible price, Big Fat Disaster is that rare thing, a story that is authentically new.
This is not a necessarily a bad book to begin with. I know the writer is trying to get a message to her readers about loving yourself no matter what but Colby is surrounded so many unpleasant characters. Her whole family are shallow and delusional people and the situations that they were in just went from bad to worst.
Everything in here is just so cringe-worthy which makes it so hard to enjoy. I can't help but wince when Colby found herself in these so-called bad moments. She has no friends, her family hates her and she's the victim of bully by her own cousin.
I just really wished that things would get better by the end and well it does not. Colby did finally come to terms with her body issues but the people around her still have a long way to go. Maybe if Colby is a bit more likeable to begin with, I would really enjoy this book more. I mean..yes you're overweight but you could still be awesome and funny and not let other people walk all over you most of the time. In this case, the light at the end of the tunnel for Colby only appeared at the eleventh hour. And that did not redeemed all the bad things that happened to her in the first place.
Everything in here is just so cringe-worthy which makes it so hard to enjoy. I can't help but wince when Colby found herself in these so-called bad moments. She has no friends, her family hates her and she's the victim of bully by her own cousin.
I just really wished that things would get better by the end and well it does not. Colby did finally come to terms with her body issues but the people around her still have a long way to go. Maybe if Colby is a bit more likeable to begin with, I would really enjoy this book more. I mean..yes you're overweight but you could still be awesome and funny and not let other people walk all over you most of the time. In this case, the light at the end of the tunnel for Colby only appeared at the eleventh hour. And that did not redeemed all the bad things that happened to her in the first place.
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