May yours be a friendly, loyal luck dragon I’m looking forward to reading other things JJ Johnson has to offer.

I’ll definitely be recommending this to anyone I know that enjoys this kind of genre. I’m a sucker for creative writing styles. Throughout most of the novel, it switches to first person, and remains that way to the end. Then it moves to third person, speaking about Jennifer from above. The very beginning is in second person, she addresses you or the audience. Johnson’s writing is very interesting, as well. This book spoke to me, not that I have personally experienced all of these problems, but because the lessons can be adapted to apply to other personal issues. Everyone I told about it while I was reading said, “That sounds sad.” I strongly replied that it wasn’t just a sad book. This book was sad in the right places and uplifting in the right places. I will say that it did strongly remind me of Girl, Interrupted, but in a good way. Yes, that’s the main theme, but there are also family issues, self-esteem issues, sexuality issues, alcoholism, drug abuse, and so many more. There are so many issues addressed throughout the book that don’t involve eating disorders. **I was given a digital copy of Believarexic in exchange for an honest review by Peachtree Publishers. The innovative format-which tells Jennifer’s story through blank verse and prose, with changes in tense and voice, and uses forms, workbooks, and journal entries-mirrors the protagonist’s progress toward a healthy body and mind. Johnson tells an inspiring story that is based on her own experience of being hospitalized for an eating disorder as a teenager. Using her trademark dark humor and powerful emotion, J. She has to believe-after many years of being a believarexic. She has to learn to trust herself and her own instincts, but that’s easier than it sounds. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning.Īs Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationships with food, friends, and family-and how each relationship is healthy or unhealthy.

Jennifer can’t go on like this-binging, purging, starving, all while trying to appear like she’s got it all together.