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review Holding Up the Universe 103 Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout the girl once dubbed America's Fattest Teen But no one's taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is Foll. Welcome to the internet in the year 2016 Where a simple book blurb broke the internet for a few days A teenage girl who was rescued from her house because her weight kept her a prisoner Then through in a statement about how she is returning to high school akathe real world after being homeschooled I KNOW Let s all run and one star and bash the book Not And all you guys thought I was the biggest bully on here didn t you Because I had for once stopped to think about what the book meantand it made me drool all over myselfI didn t jump on the bandwagon I wanted the book even Because I ve been a bit on the fat side many times in my life I lose some weight and then I gain some weight Big dang deal I can say that now I couldn t when I was this character s age I home school my kid AND YES sometimes we talk about him joining the real world again Does that mean he is socially awkward Hell noThis book is something that if I had it in high school I would have highlighted ever stinking line of it It would have became my Shelby bible of how to deal with all the assholes that dwell in high school and real lifeThese charactersLibby Stout she is the girl that was taken from her house By a crane Because her mom had died suddenly and she could not cope Food became her crutch her dad didn t know how to deal with it and triedhe did try But when someone is bent on self destruction sometimes that path can t be detoured She does finally reach that point when the crane is brought out that her dad knows that help is needed He wants to save his daughter He gets her helpThen comes to the point in the story where she is going back to school She has lost some weight she is still overweight by public opinion BUT this girl totally knows who she isFor exampleon the first day back at schoolHey he saysHeyIs it true fat girls give better blow jobsI don t know I ve never gotten a blow job from a fat girlJack Masselin This kid hides the fact that he recognizes no one s face Not even his own family He once screamed that his mom was kidnapping him because she had gotten a haircut and he didn t have the familiar markers to place her in his mindHe plays the cool guy at school but he lives in fear that someone will discover his secret Then they end up in group counseling together This is not a boy rescue the fat girl story This is a story of two people realizing who exactly they areand owning itPeople are shitty for a lot of reasons Sometimes they re just shitty people Sometimes people have been shitty to them and even though they don t realize it they take that shitty upbringing and go out into the world and treat others the same way Sometimes they re shitty because they re afraid Sometimes they choose to be shitty to others before others can be shitty to them So it s like self defensive shittinessBooks like this are exactly why I read young adultJennifer Nevin I hope you pat yourself on the back And the haters

review Holding Up the Universe 103 R new friends for love and for every possibility life has to offer In that moment I know the part I want to play here at MVB High I want to be the girl who can do anything?. ah yes so here we are again the classic case of i can appreciate this book for the story that it is but it definitely didnt live up to its potential and i wonder if thats mainly my own fault and not the books all the bright places is one my favourite novels ever its emotionally compelling lovingly tender and naturally raw everything this book is not so is it fair to judge a different book by the same author when you know they are capable of doing betteri mean i really like the idea of the story and how wholesome it could have been i think diverse representation is something that can always be appreciated but instead of seeing libby as this strong woman i saw a whiny brat and the connection between her and jack didnt feel convincing to me it was just a lot of superficial high school drama maybe im getting too old but i know jennifer niven is capable of writing honest and relatable teen characters so im not sure why this particular story didnt uite meet the mark for me 3 stars

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review Holding Up the Universe 103 Owing her mom's death she's been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief Now Libby's ready for high school fo. This was eual parts special and frustrating for me But definitely emphasis on the special There were moments when my Vulcan soul FAILED ME COMPLETELY and I turned into a mush of suishy feels FEEEEEEEELS I think Jennifer Niven is a WIZARD OF FEELS STABBING and I love her for it Omg I did love this book I did But there were several things that made me pout in a puddle but I ll get to them in a moment PATIENCE GRASSHOPPERAlso this is not as devastating as All the Bright Places hahhaahha THANK YOU I DON T FEEL LIKE MY HEART JUST GOT RIPPED OUT But the whole time I was absolutely dreading the endingso I actually have all the thumping gasping feels anyway because I WAS SO WORRIED AhemI m having a crisis Nevermind meSo this story is about being seen basically It s eual parts about Libby who is known as the fattest teen in America and Jack who has prosopagnosia I reeeally loved the storyline It was so poignant and beautifully written Like hold my cupcake Bob I need to yell THE WRITING OF JENNIFER NIVEN IS SOMETHING GORGEOUS TO BE UPHELD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS I love it It gets me in the feels and makes me want to do glorious things I loved the messages of self worth and I loooved how everything tied togetherBrief List Of Other Things I Loved There are Supernatural references SO MANY SUPERNATURAL REFERENCES win There is SO MUCH DANCING There is much diversity of colour size and briefly sexuality Jack has a gorgeous afro and a deep love of his hair and this pleases me greatly because HAIR APPRECIATION IS MY THINGI love love looooooved Jack I GOTTA ADMIT HE IS A PRECIOUS CINNAMON ROLL OF BAD DECISIONS He really makes sucky decisions And he is a coward a bit But at the same time I related to him a lot because of the face blind aspect I don t have prosopagnosia but I struggle to recognise people s faces to a mild degree and I fail at reading emotions on faces completely so just the fact that Jack could walk into a room of people and have NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF HIM was so relatable AND IT NEARLY MADE ME CRYLibbyI struggled with a lot This is because she has a very self righteous attitude and she makes just as many dumb decisions as Jack but yet she doesn t seem to ever be sorry about them At least Jack recognised he was a JERK Whereas Libby just justified herself Plus there was a scene at the end view spoiler where she and Jack had broken up and she was making out with an exchange student until she realised she shouldn t because she still loved Jackand then she sees Jack kissing another girl and she s got the fury of indignation on her and I justIS THIS NOT A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL RIGHT NOW hide spoiler

• Hardcover
• 391
• Holding Up the Universe
• Jennifer Niven
• English
• 19 April 2018
• 9780385755924