I really liked some parts of this book. Tho I did think it was a bit too long. And the ending was a bit lacklustre. Not sure if I’ll read the sequel or not. 

I think the length of these stories just doesn’t work for me. I wanted more. Or less. 🤷🏻

The diversity of characters was great tho. 

I really appreciated the critique of universalizing! Wish I’d had this while writing my MA thesis. 

Love the discussions on ethics, teaching, learning, and cooperation as well! So much interesting stuff. 

I probably read this when I was younger but I couldn’t remember anything about it. So (re?)read it for a prompt that was a book challenged in Canadian schools. 
As it turns out I  kinda hate most of this book. So much fatphobia. 
But the end still made me cry.
Especially when the dad comforts his son. 

Note to self: if you reread this, do it in hardcopy or ebook so you can linger over and highlight lines to your hearts content. So many great lines.