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Huge (2007)

door Sasha Paley

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April and Wil couldn't be more different, but both of them are spending the summer at Wellness Canyon -- otherwise known as a weight-loss camp. April knows that if she could just drop a little weight, she would be popular like she's always wanted. She's saved up for months to afford Wellness Canyon, which is more like a posh spa than a sleepaway camp. While April can't wait to jump into all the activities, Wil can't wait to get out of there. Her parents own a chain of high-profile fitness centers, and she's pretty sure her mom and dad sent her to Wellness Canyon to slim down before any embarrassing stories about their obese daughter hit the gossip pages. To get revenge on her parents, Wil decides she's going to gain weight at Wellness Canyon. It's bad enough that they have to share a room, but things really get ugly when April and Wil both fall for Colin, the sarcastic camp hottie. Are April and Wil destined to be frenemies all summer, or can they overcome their sizeable differences? Filled with everything great about summer camp (and none of the calories), this is a funny, emotional novel about learning to accept yourself -- no matter what your size.… (meer)
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this was all about wil and her friend June. They are at a wieght loss camp. they work all summer to loose all the extra weight they had. Wil and June both fall in love with a guy named Colin. Later, they found out that Colin is really a douche bag. They get him back and become great friends. June and Wil go home in wil's limo. ( )
  AutumnK.B3 | Oct 16, 2013 |
Fatties at camp — while not a new idea, an interesting one all the same. Sasha Paley’s “Huge” first caught my attention with the great cover art and title — I mean, come on, a huge so-more and “Welcome to fat camp” makes it a definite must read for fatties everywhere.

Upon opening the book, two very one-dimensional characters greet me: Wil — a rich teen that is forced to go to camp by her parents and April — a poor, fat teen that has saved all her money to go away to camp with no support from her mom. These two opposites get paired to be roommates at Wellness Canyon, a very pricey fat camp.

This seems like a great opportunity for hijinks and lots of drama — and oh, is there.

And while it is a fun ride, the book precedes to quickly snowball in the last ten pages or so into a horrible mess. The author basically chucks the mood of the entire book to deliver a touchy-feely ending that seems so detached and leaves me wishing the last ten pages didn’t happen.

NOTE: This book is not about size acceptance. The author seems to want everyone to be the same size, much less the same person. Tagline of the book should be changed to “If you were skinny, you’d be happy.” ( )
1 stem youngadultish | Jun 28, 2011 |
I like this book. I love how the characters change perspectives in every chapter. :) ( )
  ms.awesome | Oct 9, 2010 |
Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com

HUGE deals with a topic that is apparently in the media more and more these days (though I myself haven't seen it much): fat camp.

Wellness Canyon is a high-end fat camp where two very different girls, April and Wil, are paired as roommates. April has saved all year for this, despite a lack of support from her mom. She wants to lose some weight and gain the popularity she's always wanted. Wil wants to be anywhere but Wellness Canyon. Her wealthy parents have sent her there, as she's a public relations nightmare: they own the high-profile chain of Excalibur Gyms. Wil's revenge on them is to enter Wellness Canyon with a huge stash of sweets and be the first kid in camp history to actually gain weight while there.

Of course, as it's full of teenagers with raging hormones, there's more than weight loss going on at Wellness Canyon. When April and Wil start crushing on the same guy, football-playing hottie Colin, their relationship gets even more tense. Can they make it through the summer together and maybe even become friends?

A lot of HUGE is your typical summer camp story. Sasha Paley does a great job of creating at least two fleshed-out, interesting characters, though some secondary characters sometimes seem a little flat. Paley is a talented writer, but the popular-kids-are-mean message is maybe a little heavy, and, despite what the back cover says about learning to accept yourself, I felt like she was saying that being skinny is better than being fat, even if she never came out and said it.

Despite this, though, HUGE is a fairly satisfying read, and I'm looking forward to seeing what Sasha Paley writes next! ( )
  GeniusJen | Oct 11, 2009 |
Malibu princess-turned-punk Wil and overeager lower-class April have absolutely nothing in common... except that they are both overweight and spending the summer at Wellness Canyon, a weight-loss camp for children of the rich and skinny. Wil's been forced to come and is determined that she'll actually gain weight just to spite her gym-owner parents. April has always wanted to be part of the "in" crowd and has been saving for over a year to come here because she knows if she's skinny and beautiful, the popular kids will welcome her with open arms. What luck, these two get to be roommates. It's hate at first sight, but when they're both scorned by the same arrogant jock boy, they bond over plotting their revenge.

It's a fluffy, predictable read with rather one-dimensional characters. I didn't feel that either character's real issues were ever resolved. I hate that Wil, bent on denying everyone's expectations, eventually ended up losing weight and feeling good about it by the end. I hate that no one is described as pretty until after they've lost x amount of pounds. I guess I was expecting a deeper story, but if I had come to it without expectations I think I would have liked it better. I think it would work as a light read for the beach or an airplane, although I didn't find it witty enough to be great. ( )
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April and Wil couldn't be more different, but both of them are spending the summer at Wellness Canyon -- otherwise known as a weight-loss camp. April knows that if she could just drop a little weight, she would be popular like she's always wanted. She's saved up for months to afford Wellness Canyon, which is more like a posh spa than a sleepaway camp. While April can't wait to jump into all the activities, Wil can't wait to get out of there. Her parents own a chain of high-profile fitness centers, and she's pretty sure her mom and dad sent her to Wellness Canyon to slim down before any embarrassing stories about their obese daughter hit the gossip pages. To get revenge on her parents, Wil decides she's going to gain weight at Wellness Canyon. It's bad enough that they have to share a room, but things really get ugly when April and Wil both fall for Colin, the sarcastic camp hottie. Are April and Wil destined to be frenemies all summer, or can they overcome their sizeable differences? Filled with everything great about summer camp (and none of the calories), this is a funny, emotional novel about learning to accept yourself -- no matter what your size.

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