Losing It by Lizzie Wilcock

Losing It is a suspenseful, powerful, believable, scary and dark read.

This book is a heart-wrenching chapter of naive Gabbie's life. This is a slow building story which feels so real and is so believable. Wilcock gives you enough time to understand the setting and the characters before slowly shaking everything up. Your heart pounds and you fear more for Gabbie as the novel progresses. The emotional punch - which takes the whole book to build - hits huge and powerful at the end, taking your breath away. 

While your not left wondering what happens, this book it does not wrap up left over questions perfectly. The ending it self would not be a ending to some people. But for me, it is perfect. Not tying everything together nicely made it that bit more believable. It feels like a real chapter from Gabbie's life. This is a terrifying chapter, and it leaves you with a very disturbed and raw feeling afterwards. There is a little bit of insecurity too because any of these events could happen to anyone of us at anytime. That reality is terrifying. 

Losing It feels very real. This book incorporates many aspects of a teenage life. There are the more common, highschool issues, such as peer pressure and puberty. These are handled in a way which makes them believable and relatable. The issues enhance the the book, giving it depth. There are also more serious elements like pedophilia and rape. Again, Wilcock handles these with care and they add to the book.

Once you've had time to digest it, this book teaches us so much. (view spoiler). With hindsight you can pick out the things you would and wouldn't have done differently and you can choose to learn from that. 

This is book is captivating, haunting and memorable.