Here the Whole Time

Author: Vitor Martins

Genre: Contemporary, romance, young adult, LGBT

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

TW: fatphobia, homophobia

Also, spoiler for Lord of the Rings is present in this book!!!

Nice, quick read! I really related to everything the main character felt about being fat, his insecurities really hit home. We need more books with fat main characters!! I also really loved that they showed how each character is so different and they're insecure about different things such that we learn alongside with the main character.

However, I'm not sure if it's because it has been translated into English but some parts of the writing felt really strange to me, especially the dialogue. For one, it didn't read like something I could imagine an actual person saying (a little cheesy such that it reads a little young). And there was this part of the dialogue where everyone's sentences ended with exclamation marks and I was just like okay! Let's chill please! This could also be why I wasn't shipping the main couple as hard as I wanted to, I just wanted something more from them.