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A review by wishfulfillment
Puddin' by Julie Murphy
2.0
Dropping at 146 pages.
+ In Dumplin', Murphy shared a mixture of fatpositive and fatphobic (unchallenged) messages. In Puddin' she separated the fatpositive from the fatphobic through the dual-POVs of Millie and Callie, which works much better for the reader as Callie's chapter read almost if not exactly satirically.
+ I'm a huge fan of satire so I enjoyed what I read of Callie's chapters.
- I worry that the satire wasn't intentional or intentional enough.
+ Millie has seen the light and has realized that her fat body is perfect exactly how it is and wants to get away from her mother's negative thoughts.
+ The voice actress for Millie has a beautiful voice. (I'm not sure if she's also the voice actress for Callie, but she stunned me during the Millie chapters).
- Everything about this novel that linked to Dumplin' felt inorganic, like chunks of fanfiction. This would have been a much stronger novel without those elements, including the awkward slumber party.
- The pacing was too slow.
- A lot about this felt aimless and because of that it couldn't hold my attention.
I will continue to read Julie Murphy's works as I appreciate what she's trying to do.
+ In Dumplin', Murphy shared a mixture of fatpositive and fatphobic (unchallenged) messages. In Puddin' she separated the fatpositive from the fatphobic through the dual-POVs of Millie and Callie, which works much better for the reader as Callie's chapter read almost if not exactly satirically.
+ I'm a huge fan of satire so I enjoyed what I read of Callie's chapters.
- I worry that the satire wasn't intentional or intentional enough.
+ Millie has seen the light and has realized that her fat body is perfect exactly how it is and wants to get away from her mother's negative thoughts.
+ The voice actress for Millie has a beautiful voice. (I'm not sure if she's also the voice actress for Callie, but she stunned me during the Millie chapters).
- Everything about this novel that linked to Dumplin' felt inorganic, like chunks of fanfiction. This would have been a much stronger novel without those elements, including the awkward slumber party.
- The pacing was too slow.
- A lot about this felt aimless and because of that it couldn't hold my attention.
I will continue to read Julie Murphy's works as I appreciate what she's trying to do.