Engaging story about a girl who has typical adolescent problems who carries those heartaches up through middle age. I shared her pain and joy as the story unfolded and loved every minute of it. ( )

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G book. I couldn't put it down. Things just kept happening and there isn't even one boring page in this book. ( )

Sometimes you come across a book which makes you forget you're reading a book. You think about the characters when you're away from them, wonder how they are doing, hoping they'll make the right choices, or what what the hell they're doing with their life. This is an amazing book that makes you forget about your own life for a short while and makes you really, really see how another person life's is just as hard and full of problems, even after looking peachy from the outside. ( )

Good read. ( )

I read another of the author's books, I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE and found it quite disturbing and needing an editor. I eagerly began She's Come Undone because of the buzz and also because I thought it might be a trainwreck of dysfunction. I was proved wrong. There were parts where I balked at the action - either it was derivative or came out of the author's obsessions - but the skillful writing more than saved this book. The protagonist, Dolores Price, is raised in an environment where she is forgotten by her parents because they have their own problems they are unable to navigate all that well. She is raised by TV and on junk food and left to fend for herself. She survives as best she can while facing rejection and violation. There are people in her life to whom she is able to reach out for help and when she's in need - it's these people who come through for her. Dolores might not be a typical young heroine because she's had so much adversity that it makes her in many ways unattractive to those seeking a superficial novel with dates, proms, and happily ever after. Instead, her story is one of overcoming obstacles and personal growth. ( )