Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow
Source: Provided for review. Thank you!
My Rating: 6 stars *Favorite*
Summary:
Charlotte Davis is in
pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people lose in a
lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away
the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think
about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever.
Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you.
Every new scar
hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much.
It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to
happen before you can find your way back from the edge.
A deeply
moving portrait of a teenage girl on the verge of losing herself and the
journey she must take to survive in her own skin, Kathleen Glasgow’s
debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It’s a story you
won’t be able to look away from.
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I think I’ve said this everywhere, but here I
am saying it again: GIRL IN PIECES by Kathleen Glasgow was my best surprise of
this year!
I started reading this book without high
expectations. I didn’t add it to Goodreads, because I never put attention to it
before, but it amazed me from the first chapter. The writing of this book is raw
and beautiful. I just couldn’t stop reading.
Girl in Pieces is about Charlie’s journeys to
overcome her dark past. She’s probably the most broken and damaged main
character I’ve met yet. Her story is heavy and painful. It was brutally
honest.
There are so many things I loved about this
book. It was perfection.
Writing: Beautiful, poignant, haunting.
Characters: Realistic, well developed, unforgettable.
Plot: Brutal, honest, gut-wrenching.
This book made me feel! It made me understand
Charlie in a way I would never before. This book was hard to read sometimes
because it’s cruel and there’s so much pain, but it was necessary. This book is
POWERFUL.
All characters in this book are dealing with
their own problems, just like every person in real life. Sometimes Charlie is
with wrong people for the wrong reasons, like you, like me.
And just when I thought: “Finally! Something
good’s about to happen” I was wrong again. There were so many things I didn’t
see coming.
I don’t think I have enough words to describe
how wonderful was this book, but I do think it’s a necessary read. Kathleen
Glasgow’s debut is one of my favorite pieces of literature of this year. I would never forget it.
Girl In Pieces is a beautiful book with messed
up characters learning from their mistakes. It’s heartbreakingly captivating and
hey, there’s a word I learned just to describe this book: spellbound.
I loved it. I highly recommend it to
everyone.
