Sarai Walker

A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called "Jennifer"—equal partsBridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club

Dietland

Lindy

Oh, this was good. The satirical aspects around the dieting/capitalism/positive psychology/evangelicalism loop were extremely on point. By default, I will also applaud any woman who's willing to skewer the works of acclaimed misogynist Chuck Palahniuk (in particular Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, and Snuff).

However, if you have a history involving eating disorders, I would advise proceeding with caution. The narrator begins from a place of abject self-loathing, and her interior monologue is what you'd expect.

Amulya Garimella

contrary to many of the reviews i feel the mc got more likable towards the end. liked the absurdity just wish it were slightly better incorporated. writing style was clunky which really tempered my enjoyment of the novel - maybe just not my taste

Cindy Lieberman

An interesting book that confronts the societal pressures on women to both look and act in ways that please others, not themselves. It’s a rallying cry for #enough, a novel layered with stories of female soldiers; fat girls in bars, shops and restaurants; the makeup, diet and porn industries; how people act vs how they truly are.

Nadine 

This book goes to unexpected places. It begins in a predictable manner and then happily confronts all sorts of societal expectations about beauty, femininity and sexuality and allows one to imagine a world where women are not objectified and where they can and do fight back.

Zoe Smolen

I suspect there are quite a few people who won't like this book. I was not one of those people. 

If you're expecting a book about the struggles of weight loss- this is not that book. If you're interested in reading a book that humorously deals with the plight of woman - you might like this book. 

This book is excellent. It is everything you don't expect it to be. And it is everything you didn't know you wanted it to be. 

Highly recommend.

Melanie

b.andherbooks

Plum is fat. Always has been. She's done all the diets, all the plans. She's finally scheduled surgery as a last effort to get thin. Before she can go through with the surgery Plum, via the emails she ghost writes for a popular teen magazine letters to the editor column, is drawn into a feminist collective. Her new circle of friends may or may not be involved with another radical group called Jennifer who is executing men around the world for misogynistic crimes.

I agree with reviews comparing this book to Fight Club. It has the same over the top radical-ness, but with super insightful messages. And dammit, someone publish Marlowe's Fuckability IRL!

Caitlin Berger

This book was interesting and unique. I loved the main message and that it aimed to destroy diet culture, but some of the other plot lines were often strange and problematic. In any case, it’s worth the read!

Nicholas Barnard

Toby Baratta

Cat Josephson

edith w.

Sage

Dan Towne

A wickedly funny, feminist revenge fantasy novel of one fat woman's fight against sexism and the beauty industry. Dietland will be adapted into AMC's 10-episode straight-to-series starring Julianna Margulies and Joy Nash. Wow... ferocious and hilarious - Margaret Atwood A book with a message, loud and clear - Guardian Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. Or mocked. Or worse. But when a mysterious woman starts following her, Plum finds herself involved with an underground community of women who live life on their own terms. At the same time, a dangerous guerrilla group called "Jennifer" begins to terrorize a world that mistreats women. As Plum grapples with her personal struggles, she becomes entangled in a sinister plot, the consequences of which are explosive. Part coming-of-age story, part revenge fantasy, Dietland is a bold, original and funny debut that takes on the beauty industry, gender equality and our weight loss obsession - from the inside out, and with fists flying.

a wickedly funny, feminist revenge fantasy novel of one fat womans fight against sexism and the beauty industry

Jenell Pizarro

Lauren Attaway

SOON TO BE AN AMC ORIGINAL SERIES starring Joy Nash, Julianna Margulies and Rowena King, written and executive produced by Marti Noxon.

Dietland

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