Addison Gibson’s Reviews > Girl in Pieces > Status Update

Girl in Pieces is a realistic fiction book because the story could happen in real life. The book follows Charlie and the struggles she faces with her emotions, friendships, and family problems. There is no magic, fantasy creatures, or futuristic technology, so I know it is not fantasy or science fiction. The story feels realistic because it talks about real-life problems and emotions people can go through.

SETTING:After she is out of the mental hospital she has to get on a bus. "The bus is a giant monster filled with sadness and stale air." It smells like smoke or dirt, and than at the next stop. In Kansas the bus brakes down in the middle of the night. In a town where Christmas is still happening in mid-may:faded wreaths on darkened storefronts, fat lights twinkling in the window of the gas station.

CHARACTERATION: The leading character is Harlotte Davis, she is in the mental hospital. She has 2 disorders, they are an eating disorder. she also has a mental disorder witch makes her cuts her self also know as Self Harm. "the cuts hit deep in my skin and I can still see the old cuts. Its like a dam the animal puts new wood on top of the old wood just like the cuts". all thow that is in the past it still hurts her.

SUMMERY: Harlotte Davis is in pieces. She is 17 and shes already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. Her dad is dead and I don't know what happens to her mom yet. She is in a mental hospital. She is not happy. People call her silent sue. sue is not even her name. She has to wake up at 6:00 every morning to get her pills. The pills are supposed to make her less sad but she doesn't think they work.