I can’t remember the last time I really rated a book 3 stars but I truly had to think about this one. Although I enjoyed the premise of this story and the message it was delivering, their were a lot of moments where I felt disconnected. With the love triangle, and the mother/daughter relationship and the friendships/bullying at school it was a lot to take in at times because I just didn’t understand the meaning of why something happened or the reasoning of what people said. Although Willowdean Dickson (Dumplin’) made some good points and she had me cheering for her, I sometimes just got annoyed of her too. Also, If Dolly Parton wasn’t in reference to this story than my rating would have went down a bit more.

I however do see myself picking up Puddin’ because I am curious on how this story continues and this story definitely need to be read cause all the feelings these characters have are true and real.