Ruth’s Reviews > Eliza and Her Monsters > Status Update

I think this is the first time I've seen "panic disorder" named in a YA book? Teen me needed this. Adult me is so happy I might cry. The anxiety rep in this has been handled so, so well.

"Have you seen it in your parents? That moment when they become people? I think you have. It sneaks up on you, doesn't it? One day they're parents, and the next they say something racist, or get a cut that takes too long to heal, or make a simple mistake driving, and a facade falls away and they become mortals like the rest of us. After the facade is gone, it can never come back."

"That computer is my rabbit hole; the internet is my wonderland. I am only allowed to fall into it when it doesn't matter if I get lost."

"Is it too much to ask that no one speak to me in the morning?" Ah, Eliza, I can see we're going to get along just fine.