No fewer than five important characters (including a main character) note other characters are fat in this book, and in every instance but one (where a character is noting that he himself is fat) the characters are described disgusting/grotesque. If it had something to do with the plot, or if it had anything to do with character development, that would be one thing, but it doesn't. In any of the cases. At all. It's especially notable because the straight-sized characters are barely described at all. It's a bizarre feature in a book that is supposed to be "heartwarming" and about redemption. My book club friends argued that it shows some characters were angry at first and now they're not, but the fatphobia occurs throughout the book, via different characters, in none of them ever come to realize how cruel and prejudiced they are being. There is absolutely no point to it being in the book, and since it is sprinkled throughout it's impossible to just roll your eyes and read on once you spot it. I've heard a number of people calling this a heartwarming, feel-good book (all of them straight-sized). Maybe it was for them, but I hope they recognize not everyone is going to be comfortable with it.