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Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
2.0

Some people were so maddddT (yes, I meant the T) that a fat girl wanted a relationship and with a good-looking guy at that. What? Can't round girls desire to be loved and be with attractive people? And yes, it's dumb and unrealistic for her to think she would marry and have a kid with her (first?) boyfriend, but she was also a teenage girl. Let her have her dreams.

With all that being said, I didn't enjoy this book. It was hard to read through Jack being so jerky (when he could've just told his family!). I liked Libby's narrative better but she was whiny too. 

I also really liked the sprinkle of diversity since Jack and his brothers were multi-ethnic and the few diverse school friends. I was pleasantly surprised when Carolina the super-model pretty, popular mean girl was dark-skinned because generally that character trope is written as a blonde or brunette white girl. Anywho, Carolina was too flat of a character too.

I had never known about prosopagnosia, so this book definitely brought awareness to me.

Overall, I don't recommend the book because it ended too cliche and highschool love is oh-so special and long-lasting. And I just couldn't STAND Jack's cheating dad. He just burned me up.