A review by moodyjulia
Marlena by Julie Buntin

4.0

I've had my own "Marlena". I think just about anybody who's had a best friend has, but there was something about this novel that chilled me. Maybe because of the depictions of coming of age, of emotionally wrapping yourself around a person, of being so connected but really, not at all. Maybe the fact that so much more could have gone terribly wrong in my own story. Oh to go back. Thankful that I never have to. The book was haunting and hard to read at times, so good.