Thin Skin

Forgot to say I finished reading Emma Forrest's 2nd book, Thin Skin. It wasn't at all like Namedropper and Cherries In The Snow. Thin Skin was a lot more serious. The humour was there, but the sadness and bitterness and the despair were many times more present. In several ways it was a horrible book, it was awful to read. But not because of how it was written or the language or anything like it but because it had a revolting topic.
Beautiful being bad.
A really scary book.
Made me want to slap Ruby. You know, really hard so she'd wake up from the fantasy world she's living in. But she would have liked it, she would have thought she deserved it. Anyone knowing anyone with any of the "modern" disorders should read it... everyone else too. It's a nightmare. But most important it's a book that opens your eyes.
The sadness is brutal.