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May 03, 2018TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I received this book as a Christmas gift and was so excited to read it; it isn’t everyday you see fat girls being represented in books. But my expectations were unfortunately not reached at all. This book was just one big stereotype after another. The main character, Elizabeth, is fat and struggles immensely with feeling good about herself. Now that in itself is a stereotype (not all fat girls are insecure) however, it’s still an important thing to write about. But not only was Elizabeth insecure, she also got poor grades, was so desperate for male attention she let them do whatever they wanted with her, was so desperate for female friendship she put up with horrible friends and pushed her mother away. She was the personification of the stereotypical fat girl, and there was no hope of her breaking out of that throughout the book. A very disappointing read. 1/5 stars - @iloveunicorns of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library