Paperweight

Title: Paperweight
Author: Meg Haston
Type: Paperback
Read: 7th January - 9th January 2016
Rating: 4/5
Published: 2nd July 2015 by Hot Key Books

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Struggling to deal with her brother's death and a past she refuses to confront, Stevie knows she has problems. But she's still furious about the fact that she's been packed off to a health clinic, in the middle of nowhere, where mobile phones are banned and communication with the outside world is strictly by permission only. The regimented and obtrusive nature of the clinic and its staff is torture to the deeply private, obstinate Stevie - and don't even get her started on the other 'inmates'. All she wants is to be left alone...

But as Stevie is about to find out, life is full of surprises. And she will prove herself stronger than she knows - even when her past finally catches her up in the most shocking and brutal way possible. 

I remember the only reason i brought this book was because I'd seen a picture of it on someones Instagram. It was a pretty cover, so i brought it whilst travelling in Ireland.

It's not often books, get to me in a way that makes me overthink. This book had so much raw emotion in it that it was hard not to think of it whilst i was doing other things. Paperweight is about Stevie, who is taken to a New Mexico treatment centre. At first I wasn't exactly sure why Stevie was taken there, but as the story goes on we discover that Stevie has an eating disorder. She's bullemic and she wants to die. In twenty seven days to be exact.

I was drawn to Stevie straight away. I found her tough. She had a huge front on her but she was determind. No matter what was going on she was fiesty. We hear her story and you begin to realise she's just a girl who needs someone to love her and tell her exactly what is wrong. Not have someone tiptoe around her and forget she's distroying herself.

It was a really raw and emotionally hard book to read. It is touching how graudal Stevie begins to realise she does need help and she is really in the best place. It's lovely to see her find a friend within the treatment centre and her shrink, Anna, was just someone who didn't judge, but listened to her and tried her best to help no matter how many times Stevie shot her down.

This is a story of finding your way back. It's hard.

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