Fugly - Claire Waller 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Teen & Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ® (November 5, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1541544994
ISBN-13: 978-1541544994
Fugly Hardcover – November 5, 2019
by Claire Waller (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Fugly-Claire-Waller/dp/1541544994
Product details
Teen & Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ® (November 5, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1541544994
ISBN-13: 978-1541544994
A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in her real life and comforts her in her online one.
In real life, eighteen-year-old Beth is overweight, shy, and geeky. She's been bullied all her life, and her only refuge is food. Online, though, she's a vicious troll who targets the beautiful, vain, oversharing It Girls of the internet. When she meets Tori, a fellow troll, she becomes her online girlfriend-slash-partner-in-crime.
But then Tori picks a target who's a little too close to home for Beth. Unsettled, Beth decides to quit their online bullying partnership. The only problem is, Tori is not willing to let her go.
Review
"Fugly is a portmanteau of fat and ugly, and 19-year-old Beth thinks she's both. Her only pleasures are food and trolling the seemingly happy, pretty girls who post endless bikini selfies. She's good at making up new internet personas, and she doesn't mind when things turn cruel: it means she's getting attention. But one day at college, she accidentally makes a friend―a bona fide happy, pretty girl, and even if Amy can be silly and puppyish, she's kind and friendly, and Beth can't help but enjoy spending time with her. Around the same time, she makes a web friend, Tori, a highly skilled internet troll who doesn't balk at hacking. Although Beth has qualms, she finds Tori hard to resist. The lessons that Beth learns (pretty girls have feelings, too; the internet may be virtual, but it can cause real pain) feel expected, lessening the story's emotional resonance. But in her YA debut, Waller, who also writes horror fiction, tells a convincingly realistic story, particularly when describing Beth's conflicting desires and the ways in which binging can combine satisfaction and fury."―Publishers Weekly
(Journal)
"Body image, college life, and online trolling come to a startling head. British university student Beth Soames is, in her own words, 'fugly.' She balances class work with an unstable home life that includes a depressed mother, a reclusive younger brother, and cupboards that are often bare. To cope, Beth, who is fat, mainlines chocolate bars and uses sockpuppet accounts to relentlessly bully thinner girls from the safety of her own room. Online, she befriends Tori, who is eager to join forces with Beth in making fun of glamorous young women and to woo Beth with sexy pictures and words of love. Meanwhile, beautiful, bubbly classmate Amy pulls Beth into her world of dorm life, pizza parties, and late-night bonding. When Beth and Tori's trolling results in serious repercussions for a victim Beth knows personally, Beth must ask herself why she consistently bullies women and reveal the secret she's been keeping. Though the author sometimes resorts to stereotypes (not all fat people binge on candy every night), Beth is otherwise nuanced―intelligent and witty but struggling with her own self-perception as well as that of the outside world―and her queerness is unapologetic and refreshing. The sheer loneliness that drives Beth to almost unspeakable acts is presented in a way that evokes empathy. Major characters are assumed white. Doesn't shy away from the dark side of young adulthood and the insecurity that can drive a smart teen to extremes."―starred, Kirkus Reviews
(Journal)
About the Author
Claire Waller is a secondary school English teacher who currently teaches teenagers with mental health issues. She is the author of two adult horror novels, Predator X and Nine Eyes. Fugly is her first YA novel. She lives in Portsmouth, England, with her family.
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