When I started this book, I got major Fight Club vibes. I expected that I knew exactly where everything was headed. But when I got to the end, it wasn’t what I thought.

This is a dark look into codependency and addiction. A look into what it’s like to lose sight of yourself completely in favor of another person.

Our nameless narrator loses herself shortly after her high school graduation in her sister Debbie’s world of sex and drugs. But then Debbie is gone, leaving our narrator adrift in a way she has not felt before. Our narrator is in a constant battle with herself to prove that she is enough.

I liked the dark nature of this book. I felt like everything was happening under the cover of a dark and twisted night, even when it was clearly day time. I also felt like this book highlighted the taboo nature of mental health issues, particularly in children of immigrants that have suffered generational trauma. It is definitely not a read for the light-hearted. It will make you take a long hard look at yourself and how you deal with relationships.