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Wintermädchen by Laurie Halse Anderson

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angelsegg's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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makamano's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Authentic yet can see how this would be trigger. Reading Lia’s inner monologue felt repetitive at times to the reader (which was likely the point). I so so wish the book focused more on Lia’s recovery and life after her ED as that part felt rushed/incomplete. “Thin Girls” by Diane Clark does a better job of weaving eating disorder behavior/logic/stasis with more narrative drive.

jitka_c's review against another edition

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3.0

Knížka byla dobrá, ale na mě bezabrala jak měla:)

chrisless93's review against another edition

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5.0

As someone who has struggled with an eating disorder I found this book to be empowering. This book reminded me of my own growth and put a lot of perspective on what eating disorders do to families. I loved this book and felt it to be a great depiction of Anorexia. I highly recommend, but must warn for self harm and eating disorder triggers. If you’re in a rough place please what to pick this book up. Take care.

supermaurryn's review against another edition

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5.0

I bought this book in high-school but never read it. I knew it focused on eating disorders but wow was this intense, in the best way. It's incredibly written, and doesn't shy away from the true horrors of eating disorders.

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dianalopez's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bbckprpl's review against another edition

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5.0

"Why? You want to know why?
Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin bubbles and peels off, roll in coarse salt, then pull on long underwear woven from spun glass and razor wire. Over that goes your regular clothes, as long as they are tight.
Smoke gunpowder and go to school to jump through hoops, sit up and beg, and roll over on command. Listen to the whispers that curl into your head at night, calling you ugly and fat and stupid and bitch and whore and worst of all "a disappointment." Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't want to feel any of this. Puke and starve and cut and drink because you need an anesthetic and it works. For a while. But then the anesthetic turns into poison and by then it's too late because you are mainlining it now, straight into your soul. It is rotting you and you can't stop.
Look in a mirror and find a ghost. Hear every heartbeat scream that eversinglething is wrong with you.
"Why" is the wrong question.
Ask "Why not?""

Required reading, in my opinion. Because people don't get it. Because people forget. Because people ask why, instead of why not.