Recommended if you like contemporary novels, with a dazzlingly lyrical prose, filled with dark & raw characters struggling to stay afloat, as abuse threatens to swallow them whole. This novel follows Cassie’s traumatic life as she leaves her mental institution & heads for college. The story-line was sometimes fast paced & other times dragged on slowly. It tried ambitiously to be an emotional & powerful story.
Also it’s rare to find a book like this, that perfectly captures what it’s like to feel uncomfortable in one’s own skin. And what it’s like for the mind to be crippled by fear & anxiety.
