There is a clear message in this story it's about friendship, openness and acceptance, and that's great but the way we get to that is not particularly original and I don't feel like this story brings anything new to the table. There is another part of the story where the main character is talking to a doctor and they talk about his weight, but that didn't feel the same at all. Reading that made me flinch a little bit and I still don't really know how I feel about it. Now, I had a slight snag with the way the weight of the main character (he's overweight) was handled and there are a few parts where other characters are just flat out rude and mean to him about it. There isn't really time in the story to get to know them beyond the surface level. I liked getting to know our characters in here, even if I felt like most of them were not particularly well rounded. I really liked the setting of this, as I always do when something is set in a small town. I would say it's science fiction more than anything else. I've seen described as horror and I don't think that's really an accurate description of it although what's happening to this guy is interesting, it's not particularly creepy or scary. The story is here is pretty intriguing and you want to know what's going to happen so you want to keep going. This was a quick and mostly enjoyable read.
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