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Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

5.0

This was my second time reading the book. I have gone through suicidal cycles and I feel this book does it justice. Sarah Littman got inside four teenager's heads and did it perfectly. I love how the two girls have all these issues to the siblings' romance is somewhat Romeo Juliet vibes? I think being in a place so dark and lonely is really scary. Being able to make it through the other side alive is incredible. Littman wrote not just about the beginning or the end, but the process. From start to finish. It touches on mental health issues, along with bullying, and poor self expression.

The Lara you meet at the beginning of the book is nothing like the Lara at the end. It is a light read for such heavy material. I recommend to anyone going through a difficult time, or wants some education on what the process is like for the victim along with those around.