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Wintergirls goodreads7/6/2023 Anderson heartbreakingly writes from Lia’s point of view, and throughout the book there are passages where Lia is fighting with inner demons. I don’t know how well Lia’s anorexia is portrayed, but to me it felt disturbingly real, the way that someone could get caught in an ever-downward spiral, not being able to stop. Wintergirls is not for the faint of heart it’s such a dark book, darker than Speak, I would say. I basically read the whole book in two sittings, feverishly flipping the pages. I started reading it, and I just could not put it down. I’m so glad I finally bought a copy of Wi ntergirls. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.” “ Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. So she tells me, the word dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.
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