This book was quite dreary. It seemed like a slow descent from the beginning, with things just getting more depressing even after Lucy went into remission. And if you know anything about her life, the descent continued after the book's end to her death of a heroin addiction. That took its toll on me as a reader, but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I got through the whole thing in practically one sitting.

She had lovely descriptions and prose throughout the book, and I could really tell she was a poet first. Bits of it dragged on, but I still give this book four stars. The parts that hit you were amazing and more than enough to get me through the rest of the book. It's hard to recommend because of the dreariness, but I thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and the way she captured the childish perspective for the first half of the book.