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The Disappearing Girl (2000)

by Heather Topham Wood(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1483906779 (ISBN13: 9781483906775)

languge

English

genre

Romance

review 1: Yet another book where a thin, pretty (or, to quote the book "f**king beautful") girl called Kayla decides that's she's fat and ugly (because honestly, what in life could be worse??!!!!) and starts being a self centered, weight crazed moody mess. In the end she has the shocking revelation that other people may have problems too. Luckily, no matter how many severe mental illnesses Kayla has, there's nothing a sexy boyfriend won't cure.Medically very inaccurate and all around an awful excuse for a story. I fear the people who have left a review calling it a deep or a touching one.One star because I read this as an e-book. Otherwise I'd feel quilty for the trees needed to print it.
review 2: * I received a free e-copy of this book from the author in exchange for ... morean honest review *The Disappearing Girl should be required reading for all teenage girls.This book is about a young woman and her constant struggles with self acceptance. After the loss of her father, Kayla's life seems to spiral out of control. Things that used to bring her enjoyment no longer do. Her already hard to please mother becomes a downright tyrant. And her self image plummets. In order to cope with all of the changes, Kayla develops some seriously unhealthy and dangerous habits. In the midst of her self destruction, Kayla meets Cameron. Cameron is pure literary perfection. He is everything that a girl could ask for in a boyfriend and everything that a mother could ask for for her daughter...and more. Despite Kayla's many attempts to push him away, Cameron sticks by her along with her younger sister Lila and her best friend Britney while slowly but surely Kayla comes to grips with the fact that she has a problem. The Disappearing Girl was such a powerful hard to read kind of book. I spent the majority of the book not knowing how to feel about it. It wasn't until I was more than halfway through that I realized that I had been reading it for hours and I was hooked. I especially liked the ending. After witnessing Kayla struggle so much, to see the fun healthy banter between her and Cameron was such a joy to read. I cheered for each of her victories. My favorite quote from this book is "This disease is ugly. Kind of ironic, I guess, since we're doing it to be pretty."The Disappearing Girl will definitely pull at your heart strings but it's a very intimate look into a subject that a lot of us know very little about. READ THIS BOOK and then, if you have teenagers, pass it on to them! less

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