Book Review: Beautiful Broken Things

This book was incredibly heartbreaking and I am stunned by its message of recovery and female friendships!

Trigger warnings: Abuse, suicide, depression

5/5 Stars!

To start with we follow Caddy and her best friend Rosie and then new girl Suzanne comes into the picture. Suzanne is trouble and Caddy's family are trying their best to prevent their friendship. Caddy is one of those girls that doesn't have much self confidence but always achieves high grades in school. She struggles with being in a different school from her best friend but they always catch up over the phone and hang out at Brighton pier.

We soon learn that Suzanne's troubled past is influencing her present behaviour as she takes Caddy along through her downward spiral. She takes Caddy to her old house in Reading and convinces her to take walks around Brighton in the middle of the night. Rosie becomes the voice of reason but sadly neither of the girls listen to her.

I really enjoyed this book as Caddy narrates it rather than the abuse victim, Suzanne. Caddy has to learn for herself what Suzanne is going through and how she can support her friend when said friend doesn't accept help very easily. I also liked that this story focused on female friendships rather than a romantic relationship.

This book was part of the Zoella Book Club 2016. Other titles include: All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward, Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon, The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, and Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher.