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Summary: Comically hilarious
Review: I read this book from front to back none stop. It's so funny how we get so overwhelmed with the physical attributes and overlook the person inside. It's refreshing to know that not everyone judges by appearances. This is a definite must read. It will have you laughing from beginning to end.
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Summary: Not As Bad As I Expected...
Review: Being that I wasn't a fan of Beeperless Remote, I didn't have very high expectations for this book. But the author did make me laugh quite a few times and that's a difficult feat for most. I have yet to read a story like this one in Black literature...two big people falling in love. *L* I look forward to the movie and will definitely be looking out for his new book. Mr. Whitfield definitely has a way with humor.
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Summary: Funny and Heartwarming at the same time!
Review: I absolutely adored this story, but more so the writer's style. Mr. Whitfield is a bright new author on the horizon, I'm so happy to have found his work, only by accident through knowing someone in his personal circle of life. I was amazed at his ease of telling a TRULY HEARTFELT account of a man's personal battle with the bulge. It is never easy to watch someone struggle with their weight, but Van Whitfield's portrayal of these genuinely likeable characters makes you stand up and cheer for their success. I laughed right out loud with some parts, and really enjoyed his unique story-telling style. Keep up the DYNAMITE work, Mr. W.!!! You're a shooting star on a sometimes quite bleak literary landscape.
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Summary: Light, Funny Entertainment
Review: Sometimes I read books because I want to walk away with something to really think about. Other times, I want to just read something light, entertaining, and funny. Something's Wrong With Your Scale is one of those books, similar to Beeperless Remote, where you don't have to struggle to try to get the author's point. With Something's Wrong With Your Scale, you just sit back, turn the pages, and laugh until it hurts! I really had a good time reading this book but I personally didn't like Kayla's character too much. I felt like she should have been more supportive of Sonny's desire to lose weight, even if it wasn't really her desire to do so. Instead, she just seemed to try to hold him back throughout the story. I guess the "misery loves company" saying was holding true throughout this story. Nevertheless, I really had fun reading this book and if you want something that's not overly challenging but full of fun, give this one a try.
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Summary: A Romance Novel for Normal People
Review: In a vastly growing community of "up-and-coming" African American writers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find someone with a unique voice and approach on relationships.Van Whitfield has successfully done just that. While Terry McMillian and Eric Jerome Dickey contiue to provied interesting stories about the young, black and always beautiful, Whitfield shows us that sometimes the beautiful may not posess a 36-24-36 figure. His characters are genuine, sensative and very real. Humorous would be an understatement. But most of all the story, situations and emotions expressed are very believable. If you want read a book that takes you into the lives of other people but still allows you to stay on the planet of reality, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Real Weighty
Review: I enjoyed this novel though it was difficult to believe that people can be so verbosely cruel. The writing was clear, and depicted the best of educated and slang verbal communication. The story line did an excellent job of intertwining pain and humor. I admire the lead charaters and appreciate the author's decision to go for the realistic outcome as opposed to "and they lived thin ever after." This book was refreshing and on the cutting edge of revealing the plethora of human aspects that shower the African American's day to day experience.
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Summary: Okay, There are Some Things Wrong with this Book
Review: I was first introduced to this novel by one of my best friends as he and I rode down the street. "You've got to read this," he said. I admit that by the time we reached out destination, I was a bit turned off by the idea that Marsha would dump Sonny based on a few pounds: "...you're telling me that you're going to let a little weight come between us?" "No Sonny...YOU let a LOT of weight come between us..." However - I was also moderately interested. I couldn't help wondering if Sonny was going to lose the weight or continue to lose out to Cheesecake! This book would DEFINITELY NOT rank on my top ten list of all-time favorites, but it would not finish dead last, either. It's an okay read (better than Whitfield's first book - "Beeperless Remote") I think anyone who has ever struggled with any type of weight loss will get a couple of giggles out of this novel.
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Summary: Time wasted is never picked up again . . .
Review: I don't live with many regrets but, my God in heaven, I regret reading this novel. The writing was borderline immature, and characters were too, by the way. Mr. Whitfield's skills are way too underdeveloped. The author obviously has no perception of what it is to be different. I sincerely hope that none of the readers of this book took any of that mess to heart. I don't think any person who is overweight constantly thinks of food. That's ridiculous. That's an addiction. That's a sickness. And none of the people I know live like the main characters in SWWYS lived. First off, what human being with decency would eat enough helpings for three people in one sitting? That shows some problem right there and was it me or was Mr. Whitfield 'pressed' about every other thing? Bad effort to 'really see' into the hearts and souls of overweight America, Mr. Whitfield. I'm truly dissapointed.
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Summary: I Was Pleasantly Surprised!
Review: I bought Something's Wrong With Your Scale! because I read Beeperless Remote, and really liked it. When I first started reading SWWYS! I didn't think I was going to like it. But after about the first chapter, I started to warm up to the book. And I really started to feel for Sonny and Kayla, especially in the scenes where other people treated them like they weren't even human just because they were overweight. I have never had a weight problem myself, but I think Whitfield did an excellent job of showing me what it feels like to have a "battle of the bulge." I particularly liked the scene where Sonny, Chet, and E got drunk, and Sonny finally told them about themselves! They had bigger personal problems than Sonny, yet they had the nerve to treat him like some kind of outcast because of his weight, and because he was dating an overweight woman. Even though Whitfield told Sonny's story in a rather comical, lighthearted manner, he made some pretty serious points about the level of disrespect shown to overweight people, and about the need to lose weight because of internal factors, instead of external ones. Even in Sonny's relationship with Kayla, Whitfield was making a BIG statement in showing us how even an overweight man has problems with dating and being seen in public with an overweight woman. Big GUYS definitely get cut more slack than big GIRLS in this society. I think that may be why Kayla appears to never really win her battle with the bulge. It seems like she was almost rebelling against everyone else's insistence that she lose weight. She was a pretty good woman (smart, doing well financially, funny, witty, bold, and just an all-round nice person), yet she was treated like a leper because of her weight (especially in the clothing store scene). Well, as you can see, I got a lot out of the book, even though it's a light easy read. I see some of the criticism of other reviewers of this book, but I find Whitfield's writing to be different from the standard popular African-American authors out today, so I enjoy reading his books. He's different, and after all, variety is the spice of life.
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Summary: Written like a sitcom
Review: This book was horrible. Yes, it did have some funny scenes in the restaurant. Aside from that it wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. This book is written just like a WB sitcom right down to the token whiteguy they called "E". Don't waste your time on this. 1 star is being generous. I should gotten 5 stars for reading this dribble.
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