A review by acwoodruff
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

5.0

This was literally everything I ever wanted. The only negative I could think of is that I am left with questions, but I feel like Becky will definitely answer them in upcoming novels.

Leah is such an amazing character. I know that people are going to delve into the sexuality side of things with this book (which is AMAZING WOO WOO BI VISIBILITY), but I also want to touch on the fact that this is the first overweight protagonist that I have ever read where there is not a butt-load of weight shaming and the entirety of the plot doesn't revolve around her weight-acceptance. Like, she's just an overweight character with SO MUCH MORE GOING FOR HER. As a pudgy individual, this was everything to me. There were some instances of acceptance, some instances of insecurity, but for the most part she was just a person finishing high school and I love that.

It is official. Becky Albertalli is my favourite contemporary author.