Holding Up the Universe

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Everyone is so quick to point and blame Jennifer Niven for being offensive, for romanizing mental illness, for not "understanding" fatness. Review: Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (Proof) - Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed 'America's Fattest Teen'. But also the main character 'fat-shaming' herself, because of her insecurity, as a direct result of the bullies and other factors.

At once hilarious and achingly poignant, Jennifer Niven's Holding up the Universe brims with love and heart and hope. The plot is a bit of a stretch but an unusual and heart-warming protagonist in Libby Strout really transforms this from a typical boy-meets-girl coming of age story into a really enjoyable read. Although I read all the bright places a while ago (and hated the film) and have definitely become more cynical since. All this fuss over a girl who, if we’re being honest, looked so much like Caroline Lushamp that—at least at first—I thought it was her, which means in some weird way Caroline should be flattered.Of course, it’s nowhere near good as All the Bright Places and don’t expect it to be heartbreaking either.

Her classmates, including Jack and his idiot friends, begin to make fun of her, speak ill of her, spread rumors of her and bully her.Each time he sees someone, he has to try and figure out who they are, and he's not always successful, which leads to more uncomfortable situations than he'd like. of course i could be wrong and this book could end up being a fucking mess that is super offensive, but this is just my thoughts on the synopsis. Her new book Holding Up the Universe is suitable for younger teens as well - and just as powerfully written. Jennifer Niven delivers another poignant, exhilarating love story about finding that person who sees you for who you are - and seeing them right back.

When Libby meets Jack Masselin for the first time, it's an encounter that winds up with both of them getting detention, having to go to counseling, and participate in community service for their school. Also - and this is way more offensive to me than the blurb was - Libby's journey to self-love seems to entirely revolve around finding a guy who will actually like her. but between my moody-blue mood - and this 'nails-on-a-chalk-board' tedious predictable style and structure of writing, I wanted to pull my hair out.

When she isn't working on multiple book and TV projects, Jennifer also oversees Germ , a literary web magazine for high school age and beyond. Let me help out our community of readers by pointing straight out what the book is/what it is not so as to avoid judging it just by its blurb alone. It highlighted the real issues wjth society and told a story I was so emmersed in that I read it all in one sitting.

To show he’s not a coward, he accepts the challenge reluctantly and is rewarded by a punch in the mouth from her. And let me tell you, there is one part where Libby stands up to the whole school in such a way that I cried my eyes out. I actually sent my friends 14 different video rants and then another couple text rants about how annoying this bitch is. If you wanted to get back at me for breaking up with you, then congratulations, jerkwad, you’ve done it. I guess, like every other book, people will interpret it differently, according to their own understanding and worldview.The dance is in her, as she says, and she dreams of joining the high school's dance troupe and applies to audition.