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A review by stephh
Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard
4.0
I read Beautiful Broken Things a few years ago and have been meaning to get around to reading this for a while. I think this is the third Sara Barnard book I've read, and all of them have been good YA reads. I particularly love the focus of female teen friendship in this, which still feels really rare for YA books.
Suzanne's moving back to Brighton, and this time she's determined to make things right. After her time in therapy, she's moved to semi-independent living, and is ready to show that she can look after herself. But when her best friends Caddy and Rosie move away for uni soon after she returns to the city they lived in together, Suzanne's forced to reckon with the loneliness of independence and the struggles that come with it.
I found this a bit of a slow read at the start - with the few years between reading the first and second book I really struggled to settle in and understand what was going on in this. However, as the book went on I got really into it and ended up loving it. The book was full of complex characters and complex relationships, with tricky subjects being handled with a great amount of care. I'll definitely be picking up another Sara Barnard book to read in the future.
Suzanne's moving back to Brighton, and this time she's determined to make things right. After her time in therapy, she's moved to semi-independent living, and is ready to show that she can look after herself. But when her best friends Caddy and Rosie move away for uni soon after she returns to the city they lived in together, Suzanne's forced to reckon with the loneliness of independence and the struggles that come with it.
I found this a bit of a slow read at the start - with the few years between reading the first and second book I really struggled to settle in and understand what was going on in this. However, as the book went on I got really into it and ended up loving it. The book was full of complex characters and complex relationships, with tricky subjects being handled with a great amount of care. I'll definitely be picking up another Sara Barnard book to read in the future.