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A review by hellwurld
Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick
4.0
this is the most bullshit, offensive, just straight up mean-spirited book that i've ever read, and thoroughly enjoyed. i read it first at eleven, which tells you two things:
1. my mother should check what i buy at saver's more often
2. i got all my book recs off of the tumblr account that i def should not have had at that time
but i reread it now, at almost fifteen, which in all honesty is not that much more mature. it has a tendency to be homophobic, sexist, and blatantly mean to those that look different than the beauty standard, all told from the perspective of a self-proclaimed, self-aware "ugly girl," and somehow, i love it so much. it's been my on and off favorite book since i first read it, and it's been my comfort book that i look to for a mindless, and on occasion, mindful, laugh. it's sweet, with a good message, and the best way of showing that message of: "looks aren't everything." because with how much the book highlights how much /better/ the protag looks, and how much more people love her when she is, and i quote, gorgeous, she stills gets the guy. she still gets her happy ending, prince and all. and i love her, i love becky randle, and i love every stupid, offensive bit of her, her weird and subtly homophobic best friend, and her dilf father.
1. my mother should check what i buy at saver's more often
2. i got all my book recs off of the tumblr account that i def should not have had at that time
but i reread it now, at almost fifteen, which in all honesty is not that much more mature. it has a tendency to be homophobic, sexist, and blatantly mean to those that look different than the beauty standard, all told from the perspective of a self-proclaimed, self-aware "ugly girl," and somehow, i love it so much. it's been my on and off favorite book since i first read it, and it's been my comfort book that i look to for a mindless, and on occasion, mindful, laugh. it's sweet, with a good message, and the best way of showing that message of: "looks aren't everything." because with how much the book highlights how much /better/ the protag looks, and how much more people love her when she is, and i quote, gorgeous, she stills gets the guy. she still gets her happy ending, prince and all. and i love her, i love becky randle, and i love every stupid, offensive bit of her, her weird and subtly homophobic best friend, and her dilf father.