Reviews

Triggers include prescription drug abuse, emotional abuse and bulimia.
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My first thought when finishing was, what the actual fvck ? The main character is deeply flawed - someone who causes you to feel for her (certainly considering her upbringing) while loathing her entirely. I hated the therapist and pray she wasn’t based off an actual person. While I was relieved to learn that the main character finds peace and meaning in her life, the way prescription drugs were taken like candy was disturbing and left a nauseated feeling in my chest.

shiorinebooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Depressing ending

sebastianolives's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

Each time I see the woman leap off the Seventy-eighth floor of the North Tower—one high-heeled shoe slipping off and hovering up over her, the other stuck on her foot as though it were too small, her blouse untucked, hair flailing, limbs stiff as she plummets down, one arm raised, like a dive into a summer lake—I am overcome by awe, not because she looks like Reva, and I think it’s her, almost exactly her, and not because Reva and I had been friends, or because I’ll never see her again, but because she is beautiful. There she is, a human being, diving into the unknown, and she is wide awake.