8/1/17 I honestly think this might be my all time favorite book. 
 4/9/17 So i'm going to try and somehow write a coherent review for this book. it may turn rambly, but let's go. 
 As a teen, I never had a fat positive book in my life. In fact, i didn't have one all through my twenties either. I don't think i ever got to see myself represented in a positive way until i was 31 and read Dumplin'. I can't even begin to explain how fucked up that is. As an avid reader, i just tried to put myself in other books, thinning myself out in my head. i know there are many, many marginalized groups that know how this feels. so when you finally get to see yourself in a book, it's AMAZING! and i had this euphoria when i read Dumplin... but it was magnified by a thousand in Upside. fuuuuuuuudge, i wish i had had this book as a teen! my God, Molly is me! I am Molly! (okay not really, i'm not as Pinterest-y as Molly. and still not as confident as she is. I don't even think Molly realizes how confident she is). am i even reviewing this book, or gushing? 
 this book made me laugh and cry and swoon and so many other happy things. it's definitely a happy making book. like, i want to shove this book into the hands of every fat/chubby teen. or every anxious and awkward teen. maybe just every teen. it's so relatable, and diverse, and not like, in your face, THIS IS A DIVERSE BOOK. it's effortlessly diverse, because that's how the friggin world is. and sigh, i just want to live inside of this book. 
 in case it wasn't obvious, I FUCKING LOVED THIS BOOK! 
 sorry for the rambling review. READ THIS. 
 i've already read it twice, and plan on reading it again when i can get the audiobook for it. it's already in my Top 5 books of all time. 
 i think i'm done now. read this book. ok, bye. 
 11/15/16 I can't even explain how much I loved this book. And how much it meant to me. Full review to come.