It suggests this is the solution, rather than a final solution to turn to.Ĭooner’s book is full of the stereotypes of fat people that bother me as a reader. That the physician and surgeons don’t worry about this and neither does anyone else (save Ever’s friend who is pretty much a cardboard character throughout anyway) rubs me so wrong as a reader. And Ever is still in the midst of puberty, too, so her body isn’t even fully developed. That’s a hell of a solution for someone so young, particularly when the long-term effects of surgery like this aren’t clear. For all that her family pushed for her to change, there was no action on their part to support a change in lifestyle so that she could change. When Ever goes in for a consultation about bypass, there’s no discussion about seeing a nutritionist, about getting on a regiment of diet and exercise, of making true lifestyle changes. There was discussion about things Ever had tried in the past - dieting, exercising - but never do readers see this happen. More troubling, though, was there was no attempt at seeking alternate options for weight loss before the gastric bypass option occurred.
She never gives us a reason to emotionally invest in her challenge and as readers, we’re so far removed from the struggle that there’s no reason to buy into it at all. Ever never tells us why she’s seeking food for comfort.
We’re told that she’s a chronic over eater and she does so to comfort herself, but we never see it happen. Except, we never actually see this happen in the story. First, there is a problem when as readers, we’re asked to simply accept things as they are when those things are the crux of the problem. Skinny did not work for me on many levels. They want to make her over, too, and help her become the gorgeous girl she’s always wanted to be. And bonus! Now that she’s losing weight, she’s catching the attention of not only a boy she’s always been interested in, but she’s also fitting in with the popular kids. It’s not necessarily easy adapting to the new lifestyle, but she’s doing what she has to in order to attain the body she’s hoped for.
Post-operation, Ever begins dropping weight immediately.
Her dad and step mother are more than supportive of the decision, even if all three of them are worried about what the surgery and future consequences of that surgery may be. It finally reaches a point where Ever can’t take it any longer, and she makes the decision to seek out gastric bypass as a means of combating her weight issue. Ever’s struggling with an internal voice named Skinny which constantly reminds her she’s fat. She took up eating for comfort and as a way to grieve the losses and changes in her life. And the reason she is fat is because of losing her mother, combined with the new family acquired through her father’s relationship with a new woman (who brought children to the mix).
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