Beneath the Sugar Sky
2018 • 176 pages

Ratings173

Average rating3.9

15

Just like the other books in this series, I loved the story and it was yet again way too short. The omnipotent narrator is great as well. The only reason why this isn't 5 stars is because of Cora. 

In general, I liked her as a character, but she just keeps going on and on about being fat. Like I get that this is a trait of hers, she is very self-conscious and aware of the way some people might view her because of her weight. I think that's a solid thing to add and that isn't at all the problem. But fuck did she really mention/think about it at every possible fucking turn. It made me so tired of her. Like it's her entire personality. The whole time the book is going on and how she isn't her weight, she can't control it and it doesn't define her and then the book literally defines her by that struggle around people because of her weight anyway. 

Didn't love that. Otherwise loved the book, the ending definitely made me cry

November 10, 2021