"I have been smashed and put back together so many times nothing works right. Nothing is where it should be, heavy thumping in my shoulder where my heart now beats." 
 Elizabeth Scott's writing is so beautiful and poetic that there were passages I read over and over. The story and subject matter were very disturbing but the writing was just so beautiful. I definitely want to read more of Elizabeth Scott's books. For those of you who are worried about reading this one- there are no graphic rape scenes with everything given in detail. The icky parts are alluded to only. 
 I went through phases of loving Alice and feeling so sorry for her, to wanting to shake her and make her realize she is making a huge mess of things. But I could never dislike her. She is only doing the best she can to make her living hell more bearable. She doesn't understand what it could mean for other people, other kids. She is exactly what she says she is: a living dead girl. 
 "I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just 
 keep falling and falling and falling." 
 I 
 do not 
 agree with the fact that this is marketed as YA. Yes, some mature teens would probably enjoy this a lot, but I don't think that the average teen should read it. Just sayin'.