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Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

11 reviews

flordemaga's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization

eloraborealis's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

theresacordova's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Car accident, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Cursing and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

honey_pie's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book is a hard read at times & also some of the writing is a little cringe. but some of it is absolutely beautiful & I'm glad it ended happily. recovery is a hard thing to do & I think this book has a fairly accurate representation of that (as far as I know)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Car accident, Body shaming, and Blood

erinwolf1997's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Blood, Eating disorder, Death, Medical content, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

stella_books22's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson is a read that makes you reflect on yourself and the world/society we live in. This was not a light read at all, often it was hard for me to get through it which was surprising for myself as I usually can take triggering stuff. Please be aware of all the trigger warnings before you decide to pick up this book. It is beautifully crafted but one that is very dark to digest.

I love how Laurie Halse Anderson didn’t make a love story Lia’s savior of the story.

It was inspiring to see Lia be the savior of her own struggles and to show how nothing was easy to forget and forgive. The story was very difficult to take at times but it really is one that should be celebrated for its message. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

theetherealelf's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

I found it very triggering and would not read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

123erty456's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Death, Medical content, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Vomit

mxreyn0lds's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Does Wintergirls romanticise anorexia? Yes, absolutely. But you can't accurately depict it without romanticising it, I actually think it also does a good job of showing the negatives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Gore, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol

ninaaaaa's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, and Toxic friendship