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onceuponanisabel 's review for:
The Flatshare
by Beth O'Leary
Overall, I'd say this book was very solid. I liked the main characters, their chemistry was good, the plot was good and interesting and funny at times and very serious at times. To be honest, this is really the type of book I generally probably would have just rated 4 stars and left it without writing a whole review, just because I don't have all that much to say about most of it. However, I have an issue with this book (and many books, but this one is kind of the last straw) and I feel the need to rant about it. And yes, it's why my rating has been knocked down to 3 stars.
There's a bit of a trend in which authors of contemporary/romance novels dwell entirely too much on a woman's body in a very specific way. These characters belittle themselves, they are belittled by other side characters (this generally serves as a cue that we should dislike these side characters) and their love interest is Such A Good Person because they are attracted to this (and I feel like it's important to note -- thin) woman. I'm so, so tired of it. If you aren't going to legitimately discuss insecurity and body shaming, I don't want it. All it does is needlessly include cruelty into your book.
There's a bit of a trend in which authors of contemporary/romance novels dwell entirely too much on a woman's body in a very specific way. These characters belittle themselves, they are belittled by other side characters (this generally serves as a cue that we should dislike these side characters) and their love interest is Such A Good Person because they are attracted to this (and I feel like it's important to note -- thin) woman. I'm so, so tired of it. If you aren't going to legitimately discuss insecurity and body shaming, I don't want it. All it does is needlessly include cruelty into your book.