He goes through with his plan and nearly dies (he has severe and deadly allergies to food, so he put then in his final meal to ensure it was deadly). But we weren't: "This original animalderived margarine, by the way, was nothing like today’s version of the stuff, which is made with hardened vegetable oils.

A sort of dark comedy that gives insight into another form of bullying - that of the 'friends' who use and abuse, which the victim ignores because they just want to be accepted and have friends. I don't want to sound insensitive or make it seem like I'm a jerk who hates obese people, but this book had me on the edge. It's a way that is adopted by many young adult authors due to its popularity, and Erin Lange has succeeded in owning this style. Making you think about obesity, the different forms of bullying and suicide, Butter stays with you long after you've finished reading it.

The book is written in the view as someone who is obese, in the first person, so as a reader you get to understand what Butter is feeling.

I'm not the best to judge, but I do think Erin Jade Lange handled the difficult topic of child obesity with great tact and grace. Elaine Khasrova's journey into the religious, mythological origins of the world's "edible bullion" are fascinating.As she stands by your side in the kitchen, she makes even the most complicated buttery confection seem possible. Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer", Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan. Although he was a victim of bullying, Butter took every opportunity for personal growth and flushed it right down the toilet. Over the last few months, he's made good friends with Anna online -- Anna goes to his school, fits in with the in crowd, and has absolutely no idea the boy she talks to online (who goes by the name JP) is really Butter. I waffled about requesting this (sorry) (no, I'm not – I'm just trying not to make culinary puns all throughout), but I went ahead hoping for some fascinating details about how butter was invented/discovered, and how it has impacted history, and all the hows and whys and wherefores of it.