read for Popsugar 2018 challenge: a book about mental health

I really enjoyed this! Lily spoke very openly and candidly about her experiences with abusive relationships, her eating disorder, her struggles with body image, and her relationships with her parents (which were both very loving in spite of some of her difficulties, particularly with her dad). She also focused a lot on the importance of self-love, particularly when she described her tattoos and what they meant to her (which I googled images to look at as she spoke). I particularly like how she discussed her choices to act in Netflix's To the Bone, which received a lot of backlash about "glamorizing eating disorders." Perhaps this is the case (I haven't seen the film), but Lily's description of her choice to tell this kind of story, and her fear of relapsing if she got too close to that mindset again was open and honest. She didn't address the backlash, but I really encourage critics to hear her perspective.

My biggest issue was how short this book was. This was a super quick read, the audiobook was only 3.5 hours! She covered a lot of topics, and I wish she'd written just a little more. The book opens with a really funny story about how she over plucked her eyebrows as a young teen, which was so painfully relatable. I wish we'd gotten a little bit more of those charming stories to balance out a lot of the serious discussions.

Regardless, I really liked this, and I was happy to listen to this on audiobook!