The idea that this is a fat shaming book is beyond me. There is a difference between fat shaming and being concerned with the downward spiral of someone's mental and physical well-being after a traumatic event.

Maybe I am more understanding of this because I have battled a similar situation. Due to a very traumatic childhood I was very obese throughout my teens and most of my twenties. It wasn't until my late twenties and early 30s that I was able to begin to see the damage I was causing to my health and that was just the beginning.

Much like Bett, it is not about the weight and what you are doing to your body but WHY. Until you clean your back yard the front yard might change but it will not hold the same. In this way, Bett is a very realistic portrayal of someone going through the trials of someone not just dealing with the physical consequences of her actions but having to resolve the trauma behind those actions for true long-term resolution.

Additionally, those around her are not fat shaming her in approaching Bett about the way her entire life and very being has shifted since the trauma that caused her to spiral down. They are trying to support her in a healing process that is necessary for her to move past the trauma and regain both her physical, and more importantly, her mental wellbeing.

Not a fan of this one. I did not like all the fat-shaming and felt the story was too negative overall.

This book was a bit much for me. To balance out the crude language, Griffin needed something saccharine to kind of round it out and while Bett is overwhelming round, that's all her character really was. I'm not into body shaming but Griffin made Bett one dimensional, she had no depth.

Stays/Twinklers. Mutt. Eddie. Fire. Accident. I just couldn't relate to anything. I know I'm not the target audience for this but even by the end when Bett learns about her father and Eddie reveals what really happens, it was still anti-climatic.