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Lizzy doesn't seem to want a boyfriend or a partner or even true love. She wants to feel wanted. It's almost as if all her life she learned that "everything she is" (aka a "fat girl") is undesirable, so in order to get others' attention (even from her friends) she acts like she thinks they want her to act. She mimics whoever she's with. Which is so heartbreaking.

I just hope her story isn't just this.

I have to say… this is a hard book for me to read. As a current and former fat girl, this book feels a bit triggering and also touches a lot on EDs and disordered thinking. Yet, I can’t find the strength to put it down? I’m unclear. Gonna finish it but feels like a tougher, emotional read.