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A review by nclcaitlin
Guy's Girl by Emma Noyes
4.5
When the author’s note hits you and makes it seem like it’s written just for you, you know the story will destroy you.
Heart-wrenching, tears streaming, nose sniffling, Guy's Girl is a powerful story about true love, self-love, and growing up.
At its simplest, Ginny joins her college best friends in New York City to pursue a new life.
But Ginny is grappling with a secretive all-consuming eating disorder. But then she starts noticing Adrian — the aloof one of her friend group that she’d never quite clicked with in college.
This is not a romance. Not really. This is a book on not feeling worthy enough, not feeling old enough, not feeling settled, able, healthy.
Add in her a totally realistic portrayal of a friendship group and really snarky and witty characters and dynamics?
This is a winner and a killer.
Anxiety is a surgeon skilled at carving things open that were never meant to be touched in the first place. She will examine your life from every angle. Look for cracks, abrasions, weak spots, doubts. And when she finds one, she will pick it apart, bone by bone, worry by worry, until you can no longer tell truth from fiction.
Trigger warnings: there is some graphic imagery of disordered eating behaviors in this book.
That said, Guy’s Girl is an excellent representation of what it is to struggle with an eating disorder. The thoughts that run through your mind, the physical aches and pains. It is raw, honest, brutal.
If you are unsure about the TW I would say to skip this and take care of yourself! This book handles these topics really authentically and this can be quite triggering if you don't know yourself and your limits.
However, the inner dialogue and her writing is really beautiful. It's kind of like picking a scab?
Damaging and healing?
But it's never enough. You will fail. You will eat. You have to if you want to stay alive. And when you do, your eating disorder will punish you.
She will yell. She will hit. She will tell you that you are nothing without her. That, on your own, you are ugly, fat, unworthy of love. And you will believe her. And you will return to her. Over and over. Over and over.
This book is also about relationships. About connecting with people on a deep and real level. From platonic to love. From just being comfortable and understanding and compassionate.
Heart-wrenching, tears streaming, nose sniffling, Guy's Girl is a powerful story about true love, self-love, and growing up.
At its simplest, Ginny joins her college best friends in New York City to pursue a new life.
But Ginny is grappling with a secretive all-consuming eating disorder. But then she starts noticing Adrian — the aloof one of her friend group that she’d never quite clicked with in college.
This is not a romance. Not really. This is a book on not feeling worthy enough, not feeling old enough, not feeling settled, able, healthy.
Add in her a totally realistic portrayal of a friendship group and really snarky and witty characters and dynamics?
This is a winner and a killer.
Anxiety is a surgeon skilled at carving things open that were never meant to be touched in the first place. She will examine your life from every angle. Look for cracks, abrasions, weak spots, doubts. And when she finds one, she will pick it apart, bone by bone, worry by worry, until you can no longer tell truth from fiction.
Trigger warnings: there is some graphic imagery of disordered eating behaviors in this book.
That said, Guy’s Girl is an excellent representation of what it is to struggle with an eating disorder. The thoughts that run through your mind, the physical aches and pains. It is raw, honest, brutal.
If you are unsure about the TW I would say to skip this and take care of yourself! This book handles these topics really authentically and this can be quite triggering if you don't know yourself and your limits.
However, the inner dialogue and her writing is really beautiful. It's kind of like picking a scab?
Damaging and healing?
But it's never enough. You will fail. You will eat. You have to if you want to stay alive. And when you do, your eating disorder will punish you.
She will yell. She will hit. She will tell you that you are nothing without her. That, on your own, you are ugly, fat, unworthy of love. And you will believe her. And you will return to her. Over and over. Over and over.
This book is also about relationships. About connecting with people on a deep and real level. From platonic to love. From just being comfortable and understanding and compassionate.