What a great read, informative, funny, heart wrenching and well written.

A really interesting story, and one that young adults and older adults should be encouraged to read, appreciate and understand.

Honestly this was a do not finish (dnf) for me. As a plus size girl i can relate with the bullying although it never got physical thankfully but i just could not connect with the main characters. I really tried but got maybe 3 chaoters in. overall it was a very good book. Maybe it being a british book the slang threw me off? i really wanted to like it. The idea was really great and it was very well written. Still going to give it 3 stars.

Wow. Just wow. This book is authentic in the best ways. It's about self-empowerment and confidence. It's about taking control of your future. It's about acceptance, no matter what you look like or your gender identity.

So many people will identify with this book. I've struggled with my weight my whole life and have definitely had Max's voices in my own head. The bullies in our mind are often much harder to fight than those physically in front of us, because we can't escape them. This story is about Max's journey to overcome his own mind, and subsequently the boys that torment him relentlessly. 

To be honest, when I requested this ARC, I didn't realize it was YA. I was frustrated with myself for my happy clicker finger. I'm SO glad I read it. In fact, I may have my son read it in a few years. He's going to be a big man himself, but is often bullied because he doesn't like to fight, even though his punch hurts like a mother. 

Read this. It's well worth it.

*Provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book is AMAZING.  I didn’t give it 5 stars because I reserve those for the books I consider almost works of art but in my mind, this book deserves 4 1/2 stars.  Max and Cian are an incredible couple of main characters and all the supporting characters are extremely well-developed too.  This is not one of those LGBT stories where the characters fall in love in 10 pages, have sex in the next 10 pages, spend 200 pages going back and forth over some stupid contrived miscommunication, and then everything resoves itself in the last 10 pages.  This is a REAL book, one that I would hope every teen, both gay and straight, has a chance to read.  Having been a “fatso” myself, I could identify so well with the main character and if you think that the author exaggerated, let me assure you he didn’t, all those thoughts actually do cross a fat person’s mind.  I definitely recommend this book