Julie Murphy’s writing style is perfect for a lighthearted contemporary. Sometimes half of doing something is pretending that you can.” “I think you gotta be who you want to be until you feel like you are whoever it is you’re trying to become. I also loved the look into pageantry this book gives the reader, although I wish it was more of the book. I loved seeing Will deal with all the types of people in her hometown. This book takes place in a small Texas town. “There’s some kind of peace that comes with knowing that for every person who is waiting to be found, there’s someone out there searching.” She decides to do the one thing she never thought she would– enter her town’s beauty pageant. Content Warning: (very mild) Homophobia, Body Shaming //ĭumplin’ follows Dolly-Parton-obsessed-Willowdean Dickson, as she struggles with new insecurities that begin to eat away at her once she finds out the boy who she’s been crushing on likes her back. “Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing” Review in a Nutshell: Dumplin’ is a good book with an important message, but it lacked in the areas that first grabbed my attention.
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