Adriana Ryan
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I went in to this book a little worried just because I haven't loved most of the NA that I've been reading lately. This was finally one that was NORMAL... and good. It wasn't all sex, sex, sex... abs, abs, abs.... lust, lust, lust. It was just about a girl who was college age. A truly messed up girl, but not a nympho.
For real: This book hooked me from page one. I mean it has a 7-year-old swallowing a needle for crying out loud! Tell me that's not going to make you curious. I also just loved the idea for a book about Munchausen Syndrome. It seems like when that topic is brought up in books and on TV, it's usually the by proxy kind which features the parent hurting the child for attention... not the child actually hurting herself. It was really interesting (and kinda disturbing) to read Saylor's thoughts about hurting herself. She was a fucked up, attention deprived little girl.
I really liked how all the lies building up created this tension that had me sweating it out for Saylor. She just kept telling them and telling them, feeling bad, and then feeling really good at the love she was getting back from all these amazing people.
So you have the tension building because you know she's going to be outed somehow and everything is going to crumble. But then you also have this other tension because these people are terminal and you just don't want anything to happen to them. At least that's how I felt.
I do want to give a warning though: if you have someone close to you that has had a serious illness, you might want to think about your feelings before you read this book. Some of the things Saylor did had me cringing like crazy. I don't think she was trying to make the people in the support group feel like she was mocking their disease (as in that wasn't her intention), but that is pretty much exactly what she was doing by pretending to be ill. I just think if you have watched someone go through cancer or something like that, you might be offended by some of Saylor's thoughts and actions and you wouldn't be able to see the book for what it really is.
The one thing I hated was there is a scene where Saylor is texting while driving... and yeah there are worse things she could've done, and I'm not saying I've NEVER done it, but I don't like seeing it in print. It's super dangerous and should be taken seriously because too many people have died.
The ending was not perfect, but overall it could have been way worse... and in a way I sort like it when everything isn't all happy, pretty, sunshine, rainbows, ya know?
Overall: Such a well written book on a refreshing topic. It features a truly mentally ill main character who makes herself sick... and then she lies so much it kind of makes you sick. This is a NA book that is actually worth reading (it's not porn, hurrah!!). It's an emotional, tense, cool book that I would definitely recommend!
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