Hello, my Rebel readers! Today I bring to y'all a non-spoiler review of Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution! I received this book as an E-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review so let us hop right on into it!
From Goodreads:
More trouble at school and at home — and the discovery of a missive from her late soldier sister — send Angie and a long-ago friend on an RV road trip across Ohio.
Sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend, KC, has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an increasingly vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication planned for her sister, who died in Iraq, is almost too much to bear, and it doesn't help that her mother has placed a symbolic empty urn on their mantel. At the ceremony, a soldier hands Angie a final letter from her sister, including a list of places she wanted the two of them to visit when she got home from the war. With her mother threatening to send Angie to a “treatment center” and the situation at school becoming violent, Angie enlists the help of her estranged childhood friend, Jamboree. Along with a few other outsiders, they pack into an RV and head across the state on the road trip Angie's sister did not live to take. It might be just what Angie needs to find a way to let her sister go, and find herself in the process.
My Critique:
First off I was not aware that this was a sequel until I had read this book then went on to Goodreads to mark it read. I also just want to put out a trigger warning since this book deals with a lot of serious topics such as fat shaming, bullying, grief, homophobia, and self-harm.
Now when I saw this book on Net galley I was very intrigued because I do enjoy stories about large and in charge teen girls gaining their voices and being coming powerful in their own rights. the fact she was a member of the LGBTQ+ community made it even better!
So I was very excited when I got a review copy.
Then I read it......
Now I will say that the plot itself was very good in theory however it was one that I felt I had read once or twice before with a few other stories.
That being said I do like how Angie finally let her bullies have it and how she stood up to her mother. I mean any person that wants to put their child into a reform house because they are queer is totally messed up!
So go, Angie! Put it to the man!
The writing style of the book seemed choppy and clunky in spots. It had odd stops and stutters, I wish it had flowed a little more smoothly rather than feeling like a boat on choppy waters.
My rating for this book is 2 out of 5 stars.
Please let me know in the comments if you have read this book and your thoughts. or if you are planning on reading this book at all.
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