Donna’s Daily Deats - Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven

Donna’s Daily Deats

Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven

“You are wanted. Big, small, tall, short, pretty, plain, friendly, shy. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself.”

Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven is an exhilarating and touching novel that shows you how when you meet someone special, your whole world can change. This book will have you gripped as soon as you start reading it. This book is a romance novel and a fiction and I would recommend it to teenagers and young adults. It explores the journey of finding yourself and accepting who you are.

The characters of this novel are extremely interesting and detailed. Libby Strout has been known as the fat girl all of her life, no one looks past that to see who she really is. People only remember her being lifted from her house by a crane. Jack Masselin has been known as the popular, sexy guy all his life, but he’s hiding a huge secret, he has Prosopagnosia. The struggles that they have faced throughout their lives make you have more of a connection with them and an understanding of them. These facts also make you wonder how their lives are going to change because of each other.

The romantic and jaw-dropping plot has you sitting on the edge of your seat. The story is told jumping from the future to the past and it also gives you the story told from Libby and Jack’s point of view. This gives the reader a better understanding of what’s going through both of these character’s heads and why they do the things that they do. It also makes you more interested in the novel as it starts off in the future and you want to know what happened to get to that point. The style of writing is casual and describes the characters fully. Libby’s thoughts and actions are more vibrant, which describes her personality, while Jack’s are more cautious, which also describes his personality.

I recommend this book because it shows you that no matter how many hardships you face in life, if you find the right person, you can be happy. It shows you that you mustn’t be afraid to live your life to its fullest because you never know what might happen.