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Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

11 reviews

chloelyee's review

challenging emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Suicide, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

killerqueenkathleen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my all time favorite books, I recommend it to everyone, especially young women or anyone struggling with (or who has struggled with) an eating disorder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Dysphoria, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Eating disorder, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Death, Medical trauma, and Vomit

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

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

rayne_1906's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

3.5

2 hours - I've read Wintergirls so many times I've lost count. It is a book that conflicts me everytime, as it is simultaneously quite poetic yet blunt, and dull yet intriguing. I do like that the main character is never presented as a good person - her disorder has interfered with her relationships significantly, and she has done bad things because of it, but she is increasingly haunted by her actions or lack thereof. However, it does feel a little irresponsible of a book, almost a 'how-to' guide for disordered eating behaviours.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, Body horror, Car accident, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use and Sexual assault

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

meghansarmiento97's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

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

madisonkray21's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

I really really really did not like most of this book. I found the main character, Lia, unlikeable at best and overly selfish at worst, but as the book wore on I think I could understand her better. (It does seem kind of insensitive that I didn’t like her but eh) I feel like this is a book that certain people should be very careful about and others shouldn’t even read, because despite its bringing to light a very important issue, it does so I a way that is what I assume would be problematic ally triggering for someone going through that same issue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Medical content, Self harm, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident