Not only is the writing beautiful but the characters created feel so real and tangible that I couldn't help but really get behind them. Overall, Clean didn’t work for me, I think it was missing the emotion, the heart, the exploration of how addiction and the young takes shape. Abgesehen von ihnen ist vor allem noch Brady relevant, der … nun, seine Abhängigkeit wäre zu viel verraten.

From what I understand the book chose a very realistic view of addictions, rehab and what that means for yourself. The novel had great representation throughout including own voices rep through Kendall, a trans woman. Es ist schwierig, bei Clean alle Triggerwarnungen aufzulisten, aber ich werde es zumindest im Ansatz versuchen: Triggerwarnung für Alkohol- und Drogenmissbrauch, Essstörungen (Magersucht und Esssucht), selbstverletzendes Verhalten, graphische Darstellung von den Begleiterscheinungen von Entzug und sonstigen „Nebenwirkungen“, die mit Abhängigkeiten aller Art kommen. Finally, by the time that I put the book down I felt like I had been through therapy myself in the best possible way, there are so many moments of insight that took my breath away and caused me to stop and think about the human experience and the factors that can lead to drug addiction, sex addiction, anorexia or obesity.

And so much of it felt like name dropping - people, brands, places, it felt like the reader was supposed to care and I just didn’t. A YA book that deals with some heavy issues-drugs, sex, relationships, family dynamics, weight, and gender issues. My head was so muddled I couldn’t concentrate on the over complicated plots of my usual crime genre, so instead, I picked up Clean, a YA novel by Juno Dawson.

Aber ebenso zeigt das Buch, dass es doch einen Ausweg gibt, wenn man gewillt ist, dafür zu kämpfen und hart dafür zu arbeiten. I’d also recommend this novel for fans of Junk by Melvin Burgess and the Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison. Lexi doesn't come out of Clarity with an unshakeable will, never to be tempted again, because that's not how addiction works. But Lexi is a heroin addict and soon finds herself in a treatment centre for well-off young adults with addiction problems.

By about halfway through the book I really liked her and was totally rooting for her and believe it or not the author actually managed to make me feel sorry for the poor little rich girl. Dubbed as “Gossip Girl meets Girl Interrupted”, Clean is a biting and hard-hitting YA novel centring around Lexi, a spoiled hotel heiress with a serious drug problem, who is checked into a luxury island rehab facility by her brother after she overdoses on heroin.

I'm reading quite a few books in the lead up to YALC because I want to be ready by having read a few of the books by authors attending, and Clean is one of them!

Wanneer ze na een zware overdosis in een exclusieve afkickkliniek terecht komt, wordt ze tijdens een dieptepunt geconfronteerd met haar demonen. So verurteilt sie ein Mädchen zum Beispiel dafür, dass sie zu dick ist, ist sich aber kurz darauf bewusst, wie falsch das doch war. I love how well the young adult genre is tackling issues recently, arguably even better than some adult fiction. There are plenty of light moments to balance out all the dark and I loved the glamour and celebrity circles that Lexi moved in. Gerade, weil Lexi mit Ko-Abhängigkeit in Beziehungen kämpft und das auch großer Teil ihrer Therapie ist.

Then when I finished it I was left with a feeling both of complete satisfaction but also wanting to read about these characters lives more.Also, I don't follow the tabloids or reality TV or whatever, but even I could see that there were plenty of parallels to people in the public eye who suddenly check themselves into a clinic for 'exhaustion'. Just because she turned a little bit blue after taking some heroin doesn't mean she needs help, and she hates Nikolai for sticking his big fat oar in. Dieses Buch hat ein richtig merkwürdiges Gefühl in mir ausgelöst; irgendwie ein beengendes Gefühl in meiner Brust, weshalb ich das Buch tatsächlich auch erst einmal wieder zur Seite gelegt habe. Clean vertelt het verhaal van Lexi Volkov, een dochter van een rijke vader die zich beweegt in de high sociaty van London. I want to also add that there was period representation in this book which I love and is so important.