Fat Cat Book

*Happy sigh* This was absolutely fabulous!

If I try to come up with anything I didn't like about this book I'm drawing a total blank. Our narrator Cat is awesome, she's smart and witty and she made me laugh out loud at regular intervals throughout the entire book. I also loved that even when her pounds melted away and she regained some self-confidence she stayed true to herself. I kind of expected the story to go like they all do and was prepared for Cat to turn into a total bitch but luckily this never happened. Sure, she experimented a little with her sexuality and how she could influence the male population but she always stayed the same loveable science geek who doesn't really care about make-up and clothes and wants guys to like her for her personality and not for her looks. She stayed the sweet girl who's loyal to her friends and cares about her family.

This was one of those books I simply couldn't put down, the plot captivated my attention from cover to cover and when I realized that the story drew to a close I got really sad because I didn't want to say goodbye to all these great characters just yet. As I already said, Cat herself is awesome but so are her friends Amanda and Jordan and also Matt. I know, what he did back then was awful but he was only thirteen and at this young age you sometimes just do stupid things like that and I actually found myself feeling bad for him because it was just so obvious that he had absolutely no clue what he had done. I also thought the whole situation with him and Cat was a realistic scenario. I remember being that young and not having the guts yet to stand by my opinion, no matter what the others thought or said and I also know how I didn't confront friends about stuff like this. The fact that Cat and Amanda were almost running a restaurant by themselves, on the other hand, struck me as a tad bit unrealistic but didn't really bother me. The additional information on how to eat healthy was interesting as well, though I must say that the author was not exactly subtle about her "pro vegetarian" message. :) Luckily it was still within tolerable limits.

What I probably liked best about this one was the love story. It was the kind of romance that makes you grin like a fool and feel warm all over. This is definitely a book I'm going to re-read someday. Loved it!