Dumplin' (4 stars)

Dumplin'
Julie Murphy

In a small southern town in Texas, the only distraction people have from their sleepy lives are football and the Clover City Miss. Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant. Willowdean Dickinson, self proclaimed fat girl, has always thought of the pageant as just something her mother runs. Until she looses her best friend, and feels inadequete  after Bo Larson takes interest in her. Will decides to enter the pageant, but she doesn't realize how much work it will actually be.

I think the only reason I liked this book was because of my obsession with beauty pageants. I am the girliest of the girliest; and pageants and pretty dresses and Dolly Parton totally sucked me in. However, the main character is really whiny and i kind of hated her until the very end of the book. She pushes everyone away, and then whines about how no one is there for her. And really, no one but a bully or two has a problem with her being thicker; she seems to be her biggest opposer. Also, the book is kind of fat shamey. So Overall, this book gets 4 stars from me.

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