Although this book is around 250 pages, it packed a lot of punch! I like the addition of music to the story and how it played an important role in her life. Teenage obesity has been covered before in YA lit but teens getting gastric bypass surgery is kind of unheard of. I read in the back of the book that the author had the surgery and I think that gives a type of "realness" to the story. 
 I liked the whole storyline with Ever and her stepsisters which kind of added a whole storyline of a retelling of Cinderella. I liked Ever and Briella's relationship with how they started off as just sisters in the beginning and then at the end they were also friends too. Rat was kind of annoying sometime throughout the story but I think if Ever and him were never friends she would have not been able to survive before or after the surgery. 
 This book kind of reminded me of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson but definately on the lighter side. "Skinny" is a realistic thing that many teenagers that might not be dealing with weight issues but have that voice in their head that is saying negative things to them.