 All in all, this is a very good anthology full of strong, larger female characters that jump out of the page up at you. Diet Riot a Fatterpunk Anthology Edited by Nico Bell and Sonora Taylor ASIN : B0B3F2BZL9 Publisher : Independently published (7 Jun. 2022) Language : English Paperback : 317 pages ISBN-13 : 979-8834933632 A Horror Book Review by Astrid Addams Wow guys, this is over all an amazing anthology. The stories and perspectives are widely varied and diverse, each one is entertaining. It was really refreshing to read portrayals of bigger protagonists and antagonists; most the stories are too complex and intertwined to make the characters easy to define. Each main characters, who were mainly female, were unique and distinct, without fat girl stereotyping. This is very important, because like it or not, people are getting bigger and deserve more representation as real people. Besides, who wants to read the same old character types described repeatedly? Yawn! I couldn’t pick my favour story after reading the anthology, but a few remain in my mind, a few weeks later, at the time of writing this review. These stories are ‘Cinderella and her Demon God-mother’ by Stephanie Rabig, ‘The Floor is Lava’ by Nikki R. Leigh, ‘Easy Bake’ by Sonora Taylor, ‘The Red Dots in the Window’ by Judith Baron and ‘Like a Thief in the Night’ by Kay Hanifen. Each one is, in my opinion, especially well written, memorable, and entertaining. Several the stories, if not all are first person narrative, which really helps the characters pop out as they con, kill and try to survive the end of the world. All in all, this is a very good anthology full of strong, larger female characters that jump out of the page up at you. Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology edited |
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