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The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia by Samantha Leach
5 reviews
florapants84's review
3.5
I remember an older cousin pressuring me to watch "Cruel Intentions" with her at a sleepover, and then just drifting off to sleep after it was over. She was a fan and had seen the film countless times. I, on the other hand, didn't get a wink of sleep that night. I was traumatized. Rich kids had issues too, and they seemed way more complicated than the ones I was juggling at the age of 14. I wouldn't have traded places with them for all the money in the world then or now. This book had a similar effect on me. It's dark, gritty and an utterly unknown area of expertise for me. However, although the author and others mentioned in the book were a good 5 years or so younger than me, I could totally relate to the painful adolescent emotions coursing through their veins in the early 2000s and beyond. I was there; I lived it. I wouldn't go back to those teenage years for all the tea in China. While this is by no means a perfect book, I did appreciate Leach's journalism experience in creating a narrative non-fiction tribute to her childhood best friend.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent
seyfert's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Self harm, and Alcohol
allisonbrooke's review
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
smagzisreading's review
4.0
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
sebrittainclark's review against another edition
3.5
Thanks to netgalley and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault
Minor: Cancer