Light Enough to Float

HAPPY LATE PUB DAY, 10/8/24! For the record, this is one of the best depictions of mental health and ED I've ever read. That naturally comes with so many TWs but WOW this was amazing. I've worked hard to pull my own mental health out of a hole similar to that depicted in this book and man oh man is th......more

*Please check content warnings prior to reading as this book handles many heavy topics.* This novel in verse follows Evie, a teenager confronting her eating disorder while in inpatient treatment, as she navigates therapy, calorie loading, and her longing for control. Through her struggles and connect......more

2.5 STARS rounded down If a book blurb is going to compare itself to a classic like Laurie Halse Anderson’s WINTERGIRLS “for a new generation”, it better come close to the blurb or readers like me will feel let down. Lauren Seal says in the preface that she’s taken her experience with anorexia as a t......more

A decent novel-in-verse about a girl in an eating disorder clinic. I think I might have liked this more if I hadn't read the phenomenal Louder Than Hunger.......more

It has been a long time since I’ve sat down and devoured a book in one sitting, but this one deserved it. I haven’t felt this emotionally entrenched in a book since John Green. I will absolutely be re-reading this. 💕......more