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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
I think I first read this when I was the protagonist's age (14) and recall reading it more than once as a teenager. Found it at a book swap recently and thought I'd read it again. Didn't think this book would still make me cry in my 30s! It's definitely for older readers; I recommend it but there is a lot of gut-wrenching stuff around abandonment, abuse, internalised guilt, the search for identity and autonomy - huge trigger warning for suicide in one part. I really feel for the main character.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment