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The overall underlying story and character connections is good. Yay me: Karen is who I thought she would be early on.

Holder: are you on birth control
Sky: no
Holder: well i want you on it, make an appointment next week

I get that these 18 year olds have trauma but the numerous toxicity levels of this relationship is unreal.

this story did not need this much overall build up of the background story & development of the romantic relationship between the main characters. And then the story completely skips to the weekends with no school and no Breckin. It wasn't until about this point that I understood the flashes to the past are Sky remembering her past.

UGH! It wasn't until the age of 23 when Harry had his driver take the same route & speed as his mother in Paris when she died, that he was able to reconcile and start accepting that she died and wasn't in hiding.

so far feel this is very balanced between both sides, but that there is a sight bias towards the Sussex side. However, that may also be because that side will respond to communication requests from the author.

The constant face touching between Sky & Holder is getting on my nerves, it's too much.

Took about 100 pages before it picked up. 100 pages is my cut off...grab me or you're gone. So lucky Colleen; so lucky.

I really love that someone read her book of essays, recognized her symptoms, took the effort to write to her and made show her letter, got to her to help suggest she get assessed and evaluated for elhers danlos syndrome.

Even after Lena's multiple surgeries, hospitalizations, EDS diagnosis, and other diagnoses she chose to not slow down, she chose to continue working, she chose unhealthy behaviors. I get that Hollywood puts a lot of pressure and the go go go, but I have to ask did Hollywood make you sick, did your choices of not prioritizing your body worsen/prolong things. Not judgement, but Hollywood isn't 100% to blame.

"...in a country that doesn't want anyone to heal" Lena talking about her various medical issues, pain, trying to find doctors to help her. As someone in medical/psychiatry I strongly disagree w/ the USA being a country that doesn't want anyone to heal. There are TONS of providers in the USA that want to help those who want help and to heal. EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAL UNTIL THE MEDICINE SHOWS UP IN THE FORM OF DISCIPLINE

"I campaigned for Hillary Clinton and all I got was a T-shirt" LOL sounds about right to me.

I wouldn't attribute her using a medical cleaning cotton swab (long sticked cotton swab) to clean her ears and then puncturing her ear canal as an illness/medical condition attributed to her fame/working in Hollywood.

"The problem with moving forward isn't that you can't look back; it's that sometimes you're looking back but the people you're looking for aren't looking for you."