Thomas's Reviews > Wintergirls

When Lia's best friend Cassie dies in a motel room, Lia is left all alone. Alone to finish the game and carry out the oath she shared with Cassie - to continue to lose weight. Lia is trapped in a deadly competition with her own body - don't eat, weigh less, and look thinner. Casting away her family that doesn't understand the limbo of tantalizing fats and calories, Lia marches solo into the storm that will take her entire living existence away from her - anorexia.

Even though this book was almost too difficult to read, I loved it. Every single word. Anderson writes with such great quality, and I love her lyrical and concise prose. She really infuses emotion into her writing and Wintergirls is my favorite book of hers since Speak.

At times when I read this book I felt cold, almost numb. Lia's descent into anorexia was horrible, and I sincerely hope teenage girls who read this book will walk away with something learned. Heck, when I finished Wintergirls I walked straight into the pantry and ate half of an entire party size bag of potato chips. My coach is probably going to be angry at me. It'll be worth it, though. Wintergirls was amazing.