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Title: only good for the opening pages. the rest, judgemental and self-pitying
Review: I decided to read the book after the funny opening pages, and tried hard to like the heroine. However, there's just so much whining and hatred one can take. The bottom line is, the author's never gotten over being overweight. There are many similarities between the story and the author's background. This book is more like a revenge against everyone that has not indulged her or lived as she approves. Throughout the whole book, we see over and over how cruelly she verbally abuses people that are not as fat, as elite, as straight as she is. Many times people she dislikes are described as skinny, unhealthy, freaky and dumb. Reading the book one doesn't get why Cannie has any friends at all since she constantly talks about herself, let alone friends and family that are so indulgent of her. The real funny part is that the book repeatedly states Cannie is warm and kind, how delusional one can get?
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