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“I’ve always been too much and yet not enough.��

When I had the go-go that I could read again, I decided to finish this book because it killed me to let it intact when I left it. If I only knew what was to come.

This book is a hard book. Like, you want to drop it at times. Especially because I am the opposite of Sugar. We meet this overweight girl that is like this because whenever her life gets difficult, she goes to food. When I am going through a hard time, I stop eating. Eating brings me joy, so whenever I'm angry, sad, etc I just can't eat. And Sugar is just the opposite. She has an emotionally abusive mother and an awful brother that only make it harder. Plus, kids at school are terrible. That quote, the first line of the review? It killed me to see someone thinking this way.

I thought I would relate to Sugar, but it always surprises me how mean 'kids' can be. I was overweight myself, my friends were, my dad still is. And my dad never suffered socially because of this, and me too. People never disliked my personality on sight because of what I looked like, or insulted me like that. I lost weight, but because my doctor told me to. Sugar's situation made me choke, ache and hurt. She deserved the world and people wouldn't really look at her. When I was overweight, I would put this brave face like 'I don't care that I am not skinny' but whenever we would play games, I would never pick anyone because people were thinner than me, and so, I couldn't run very fast. And I would also get thoughts like 'I hate myself', but people were nice to me. And that makes much difference.

Sugar meets Even, though. And he is special. He was a bit too perfect for me, but he has a role here, and he helps Sugar to see herself outside the hate-bubble she lives in. They were very cute! And after all Sugar goes through, having a friend by her side helped her a lot. She started to see herself with new eyes. This book isn't packed with action and things going on very fast. It is emotional, thought-provoking, full of things that make you think on how mean people can be and how mean we can be with ourselves.



All in all, I could relate so much. Sugar reached the point where she's at because she has a terrible family. Therefore, she hates herself because nobody took the chance to know the amazing person that she was, and that we get to see as the book goes on. Until Even. It made me think on how much meeting incredible people can change us, you know? Myself, living proof when I was overweight and too thin, one after the other. This book is wonderful because it talks about a real problem and in a very realistic way, too. Everyone should take the chance to read it, especially if it is close to one's personal life. A very touching story and the best way for me to get on track with my books again.