Here the Whole Time

*4.5

This one had such a warm and happy ending. I feel like I'm surrounded by friends and happiness.

This is such a funny and uplifting story of one boy's struggle to love himself.

Being a teenager is hard, being a teenager with an obvious and visible thing to make fun of is even harder.

Our point of view character is fat. (It's not a secret, that's how the book starts.) He has such a sweet sense of humor and connection even while battling the hate of others. Through this book, we get to watch from his perspective as he realizes he is worth loving and maybe he can be brave.

This is a feel good story, and I'm glad that I saw it as a recommendation from the Book Riot Read Harder 2021 challenge. I don't think I would have stumbled onto it myself.