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2.0

Very mixed reviews of this one. It has a lot of fatphobic language and a few throw-away racist lines that really caught me off guard in such a classic favorite YA novel. I did really like the portrayal of long distance friendship though, a topic that's fairly hard to find in media (at least, if you are looking for a long distance relationship that never turns romantic.) Unsurprisingly, I was most invested in Tibby's storyline, though I thought the book did a pretty good job balancing the action amongst the four protagonists. I really liked the short letters they each sent each other, but I'm unlikely to recommend this book in the future.