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The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia by Samantha Leach
11 reviews
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, Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent
flufficorn's review
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: Medical content, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization
alyssamaly's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse
laurensilva's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
thatgirlkev's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Self harm
seyfert's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Self harm, and Alcohol
allisonbrooke's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
rachelparker's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
smagzisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
sebrittainclark's review against another edition
3.5
Thanks to netgalley and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault
Minor: Cancer