Starred review, Kirkus, Feb. 1, 2009

"...In broken, symbolic and gut-wrenching prose, Lia narrates her hopeless story of the destructive behaviors that control her every action and thought..." "Anderson perfectly captures the isolation and motivations of the anorexic without ever suggesting that depression and eating disorders are simply things to “get over...” "... this should be a much-discussed book, which rises far above the standard problem novel."

Starred review, BCCB, March 1, 2009

"...Readers will be absorbed by this gripping tale of grief, anger, and self-torture, and they’ll be relieved to see Lia tentatively taking steps back toward wholeness."

Starred review, Booklist, Dec. 15, 2008

"...a devastating portrait of the extremes of self-deception. This is a brutal and poetic deconstruction of how one girl stealthily vanishes into the depths of anorexia..." "Anderson illuminates a dark but utterly realistic world..."

Starred review, Publishers Weekly, Jan. 26, 2009

"...returning to psychological minefields akin to those explored in Speak, Anderson delivers a harrowing story overlaid with a trace of mysticism..." "As difficult as reading this novel can be, it is more difficult to put down."

Starred review, School Library Journal, February 2008

"...Lia’s guilt, her need to be thin, and her fight for acceptance unravel in an almost poetic stream of consciousness in this startlingly crisp and pitch-perfect first-person narrative."