Though the main reason I couldn't fully connect - and the reason I think Hopkins fans will enjoy this - is that I think the author took on too many issues at once, exploring none of them in the depth I feel such subjects warrant. I felt so many emotions reading this: sadness, guilt, pity, hope, disappointment. Mainly sad, since this book covers many dark and upsetting subjects, but there was also the hope. Hope when Charlie was getting better, hope when Charlie was smiling. In the podcast’s first season, she’s covering the true crime case she solved last year, and then season two will go into something else. However, this all changes because one of her classmates approaches her and says someone has gone missing in the small village where she lives. So she thinks that everyone thinks she is the only one who can solve it because the police are doing a crappy job as usual.

if you suffered from a tiny bit of mental health issues, which i believe every person did, you can find a piece of yourself in charlie. even though she is still searching for her missing ones. There are perhaps too many troubled characters in this book. From her father to her best friend, Ellis, from Ariel the artist to Linus, Charlie only meets people who’ve had tragedy in their lives. Understandably, the girls she befriends at the treatment centre, such as the complex and vivid Blue, are on this list. But the later sections about Ellis feel repetitive and readers may grow tired of this storyline, which ultimately goes nowhere. There are also one too many artist-as-mentor figures but the underlying theme of creativity as a restorative power is interesting and is skilfully explored by Glasgow. I think that this review is going to be extremely difficult to write. I have so many thoughts and opinions on this book, but I don't know how to write them. This book had an impact on me, and it made me think. It made me think a little too much, but I think I'm okay. I can't tell you how much I wanted to pull up my own sleeves and say, "I'm just like you! Look! You are not alone." The many fans of Ellen Hopkins should love this book. It's a dark contemporary dealing with self-harm and it's written in a mostly fragmented series of one/few paragraph chapters (sometimes they are longer). Glasgow is not afraid to go there and covers a whole range of topics, from cutting to abuse to suicide.

That mattered to me, their accidental beauty. The last thing I thought I might see before I died on the cold, wet grass. delicious story and memorable characters, creates a rare and powerful read. Kathleen Glasgow’s Girl

A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book." —Nicola Yoon , #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, EverythingA heartbreaking, triumphant, funny and hopeful story of one girl's battle with self harm. Charlie 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 it through cutting; the pain washes out the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. Girl in Pieces is a New York bestselling debut book. This book takes 180 turns and multiple twists in Charlie and Glasgow’s own words. She aimed to write an uplifting, personal story that would inspire hope in anyone affected by self-harm. It’s a tragedy with a conflict between person versus self. The book teaches you to overcome and grow from the things you’ve dealt with. Each section is very short, like a diary. Most of all I wanted her to be the best version of herself and to be proud of the human beige she has become and will continue to grow. She deserves to be proud of herself after everything she's been through.

Charlie is flawed, broken. But she is human, and so am I. And if a girl with no parents, who was sexually assaulted, abandoned, and isolated could fight her way to the top, then so can I. It took me almost 2 exhausting months to get through this book, and it was worth every second. I'm so glad I took my time reading this. This book was so raw and heart wrenching but most of all beautiful. It was so hard to read at times that I had to take so many breaks to recover from what i read and just breathe in! Breathe out! I’m a weeping mess. Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people do 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. That’s what a lot of these books have in common. Some of them are a little heavier, and some of them are a little lighter. Before diving into any of these, please look up triggers that you’re reading and researching on your own. Let’s discuss 7 books similar to Girl In Pieces. Name I'm sorry if this review is odd, it's just incredibly difficult for me to review books like this, especially ones that had an impact or made me think/feel a lot. It was hard to come up with what to say, what words to use, but here it is. If I apologized a lot throughout this, I'm sorry. That doesn't help my case, but I honestly do not know what to say. But anyways, thanks for reading, let me know what you think because I just feel odd right now and can't think at all 😅Raw, visceral, and starkly beautiful, with writing that is at times transcendent in its brilliance, Girl

Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But Charlotte has 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. Charlotte doesn't want to remember the man who has sold her for her body, or the underpass. after losing so much, Charlotte thought the only way out was self-harm, which has caused her to end up in the psychiatric ward. After spending a few months there Charlie is let out but she goes and lives with her friend Mikey in Tucson, Arizona. Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Sex, Romance & Nudity in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close I remember the stars that night. They were like salt against the sky, like someone spilled the shaker against very dark cloth. That mattered to me, their accidental beauty.”as someone who struggles who self harm, i found this soo relatable but also so eye-opening at the same time. Even though Charlie and her friends have some serious issues, there are a lot of positive takeaways from the story: It's OK to work through issues slowly, which sometimes can mean focusing on getting through the next 10 minutes. It's hard to start a new life, but you can make changes and progress. Sometimes you have to create your own family and support network if your own family can't be there for you. It's good to open yourself up to others and ask for help, even if it sometimes results in getting hurt. Like an orphan, I came here with no clothes. Like an orphan, I was wrapped in a bed sheet and left on the lawn of Regions Hospital in the freezing sleet and snow, blood seeping through the flowered sheet. I remember the stars that night. They were like salt against the sky, like someone spilled the shaker against very dark cloth. That mattered to me, their accidental beauty. The last thing I thought I might see before I died on the cold, wet grass". This book introduces readers to Charlie Davis, the main character. She’s a young woman at 17 years old and is struggling in a big way. She’s been dealing with a lot of emotional issues for a while. Now she’s falling to pieces and trying to get through it all. She’s already lost so much that she’s in a state of deep emotional pain. One of the ways that she gets through it all is by cutting herself. Although this book tells a story of people being cruel to themselves, it is a book about being gentle with yourself. It seems odd to call this novel kind, as it was often a savage read (it is unflinching in its portrayal of self-harm, homelessness, addiction, and desperation) but it has such a sweet heart, such a piercing desire for its characters to improve themselves in every way, that hope persists in even the darkest moments. Glasgow's use of adult characters to challenge, support, and mirror the teen characters is genuinely inspired, and the resulting fictional neighborhood dynamic felt intensely real. In general, the characters are wonderfully drawn, and although this novel is nothing like Code Name Verity, I think I might recommend it to folks who enjoyed that one. Girl in Pieces prioritizes characters and their complicated truths in a similar way. I'd probably recommend this one for older teens and adults who read YA, not because I believe in shielding kids from content, but because the characters in this novel make nuanced and morally gray decisions that might render them unlikable to a less experienced soul. I know I would have judged the narrator more harshly at 13 than at 18, and that would have been a shame.