We weren’t just told what had happened to Stevie, but it’s shown and that made such an impact. I liked that Meg Haston flipped through the present and the past. “If you let this disease take you, you’re giving up all the power you actually do have. It would have felt so different, if it was from third person and it might have felt – fake. I also think that it being in, first person made such an impact. I wanted to cry so many times while reading Paperweight because Stevie emotions were so wonderfully conveyed. I also think that this book might be triggering for some people.Īll I wanted to do was hop in the book and hug Stevie, I just felt for her so much. Paperweight follows seventeen-year-old Stevie and her journey in a treatment centre and man this book is hard to read. I was trying not ball out crying on the train. Paperweight is such an emotional, gut-wrenching read. I have been reading mixed reviews about Paperweight and I can see why some people may not have liked it, but I loved it. I received a copy of Paperweight by Meg Haston for an honest review from Hot Key Books (Five Mile Press). In this emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut, Meg Haston delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, while posing the question: Why are some consumed by their illness while others embark on a path toward recovery? Paperweight: And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she too will end her life.

There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh’s death-the death she caused. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn’t plan to stay that long. Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at mealtime, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she’s worked so hard to avoid.

Life in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert.