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In 2016 a follow-up, MIND YOUR HEAD, featured everything a young person needs to know about mental health. Wat ik fijn vond is de afronding van het verhaal, geen "ze leefde nog lang en gelukkig", maar net even dat beetje meer. Featuring a vibrant rainbow design, and our super-sized Q logo, you won't find a more stylish way to make a statement. An emotional freight train of a novel' Heat 'As bold and gritty as it is fabulously glossy and readable' Observer.

Erst als Lexi entlassen und rückfällig wurde, war diese schonungslose Realität wieder da und auch wenn ich mich selbst dabei erwischt habe, ihr vorzuwerfen, wie sie, nach all dem was sie durchleben musste während des Entzugs, so dumm sein konnte, das Zeug noch mal zu nehmen und rückfällig zu werden.Ich glaube nur, dass es letztendlich ein wenig zu viel für einen einzigen Roman war – neben der Liebesgeschichte, die man meines Erachtens nach gut und gerne hätte streichen können, kamen viele der Einzelschicksale einfach kurz, weswegen das Ende zwangsweise auch zu kurz kam, einerseits überdramatisiert, dann übereilt, dann irgendwie zu kitschig war.

Yes, addiction is blind to class, but the ‘rich girl’ protagonist may be hard for some people to identify with. The book contains phone numbers and helplines for anyone struggling with similar issues mentioned in this book, which is important. It really is a well written book, and a good message, I’m just not sure the writing style is for me and struggled to connect with the premise. Und auch wenn es mir teilweise zu viel Einhörner und Zuckerwatte, zu viele rosa Wolken, war, bin ich dennoch der Meinung, dass dies ein Buch ist, dass man insbesondere Jugendlichen empfehlen sollte.I’d also recommend this novel for fans of Junk by Melvin Burgess and the Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison. Je gunt als lezer Lexi net dat beetje meer, wat voor mij betekend dat de auteur haar goed heeft neergezet. It's vital to feature these kind of resources when writing a book which includes such sensitive issues, so I was very glad to see that included. Im Grunde klärt das Buch somit sehr vielfältig über die verschiedenen Süchte auf; auch darüber, dass man von allem süchtig werden kann, von Drogen, Alkohol, aber auch von Sex, Glücksspielen, etc. I didn't think I'd like Lexi to begin with, but she grew on me quite quickly and you quickly see that the only reason she behaves like such a nightmare is because of her addictions and the toxic relationships she clings onto.

As descrições do processo são muito bem feitas; São muito reais, incluindo também as normais descaídas. What I mean by that is, I couldn’t connect with any of the characters – Lexi, the main protagonist, if I remember correctly is seventeen years old, but she came across and much younger and this really bugged me as it made it hard for me to believe in her character. There's a fairly large cast of patients in the rehabilitation centre, and they're all written with care.I swear like a sailor, so sometimes I get annoyed with the lack of bad language in YA: it just doesn't seem realistic or genuine when I think back to how my friends and I talked to each other during our teens. By about halfway through the book I really liked her and was totally rooting for her and believe it or not the author actually managed to make me feel sorry for the poor little rich girl. Nicht nur, weil es darum geht, wie Lexi und die anderen daran arbeiten, ihre Abhängigkeiten zu überwinden, sondern, weil das Buch das Schöne, meistens aber das Hässliche abbildet. After a night of heavy partying and drug use leads to Lexi being found unconscious and covered in vomit, her big brother stages an intervention and whisks her away whilst she’s still out of it, to Clarity, a fancy and very expensive rehab facility with a whole island of its own.