A review by marmoo
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

5.0

As far as contemporary all-of-the-feels teen novels go, this feels like one of the greats. Melina Marchetta does a supremely adept job at balancing some heavy mental health challenges with realistic teenage immaturity and antics.

Spending time with these characters felt like the book equivalent of when a teen movie casts actual high schoolers instead of 20-somethings, giving you a surprising jolt of, "Oh right, that's what real teenagers look like." This was touching, funny, and heartwarming.