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boxofrainreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
circadias's review against another edition
3.25
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic friendship
florapants84's review against another edition
3.5
I remember an older cousin pressuring me to watch "Cruel Intentions" with her at a sleepover, and then just drifting off to sleep after it was over. She was a fan and had seen the film countless times. I, on the other hand, didn't get a wink of sleep that night. I was traumatized. Rich kids had issues too, and they seemed way more complicated than the ones I was juggling at the age of 14. I wouldn't have traded places with them for all the money in the world then or now. This book had a similar effect on me. It's dark, gritty and an utterly unknown area of expertise for me. However, although the author and others mentioned in the book were a good 5 years or so younger than me, I could totally relate to the painful adolescent emotions coursing through their veins in the early 2000s and beyond. I was there; I lived it. I wouldn't go back to those teenage years for all the tea in China. While this is by no means a perfect book, I did appreciate Leach's journalism experience in creating a narrative non-fiction tribute to her childhood best friend.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
flufficorn's review against another edition
4.0
This is very human story about 4 girls facing the trials of adolescence while internalizing their own trauma and also acting out their trauma on their own bodies through body shaming, eating disorders, drug abuse and addiction, and toxic interpersonal relationships. Its heavy stuff, so tread carefully if this content is triggering for you. Regardless of the content warning, I firmly believe that stories like this need to be told more often. If we spoke more openly about these topics as a society, we would be more prepared to meet the challenge of them in a way that does not shove those suffering further down the dark path of self-medicating and self-hate.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
seyfert's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
smagzisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Alcohol