"A Deeply Moving & Emotional Story About One Girl's Dangerous Secret"
Reviewed by Rachael Dimond
Posted September 30, 2012
Young Adult Contemporary
High school is difficult. It's even harder when you're a
teenager coping with issues. Sixteen year old Loann wishes
she was popular and perfect like her older sister Claire.
A year apart in school, the two sisters are extremely
different.
Loann has curly unruly hair, a fuller body, and is a bit of
a tom boy. While Claire is a girly girl with her thin
figure, perfect hair, huge group of friends, and the
boyfriend that Loann wanted for herself since she was
younger.
The two sisters have grown apart and Claire seems to always
have an attitude towards Loann nowadays. When Loann starts
to pay more attention to her sister, she finds out her
perfect life is only a façade. Claire has a horrible secret
that she is keeping from everyone and Loann needs to get
her sister help fast.
When Loann's only friends turn their backs on her over
something petty, her locker neighbor Marcus becomes her new
best friend. As they grow closer, Loann becomes frustrated
that she really knows nothing about this boy at all and he
won't let her into his life. What is Marcus hiding?
NEVER ENOUGH is the story of a teenager and the secret life
she lives right in front of her own family and friends.
Deeply moving, thought provoking, and heart wrenching, I
felt Claire's pain and hoped somehow she would overcome her
problems. Sometimes the pretty girl cries behind closed
doors. Sometimes everything isn't what it seems.
NEVER ENOUGH makes you think twice before you judge someone
and how your words can really affect someone emotionally.
There isn't always sunshine and rainbows at the end of the
road and unfortunately not all stories have a happy
ending.
NEVER ENOUGH is the kind of book that will stay with me
longer after turning the last page. Emotional and all too
real, Claire exists in millions of people. I will always
remember NEVER ENOUGH.
SUMMARY
From the author of Losing Faith, a novel about two
sisters and the eating disorder that threatens to destroy
their family. Loann’s always wanted to be popular and
pretty like her sister, Claire. So when Claire’s
ex-boyfriend starts flirting with her, Loann is willing to
do whatever it takes to feel special…even if that means
betraying her sister. But as Loann slips inside Claire’s world, she discovers that
everything is not as it seems. Claire’s quest for perfection
is all-consuming, and comes at a dangerous price. And Loann
is frightened she could lose the sister she’s always idolized. As Claire increasingly withdraws from friends and family,
Loann struggles to understand her and make amends. Can she
heal their relationship—and her sister—before it’s too late?
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