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The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia by Samantha Leach
2 reviews
boxofrainreading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
The memoir parts of this were great, the inclusion of research sometimes felt forced or out of place.
Content Warnings
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
flufficorn's review
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
This book definitely gave me feelings. As an addict in recovery, I recognized some of my own story here, and did my best to confront it as the book went along. It feels strange to listen to a story that I can relate with on such a personal level, and finish it thinking I am one of the lucky ones that avoided the troubled teen industry.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
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