The author wrote this book from a Annabel's perspective. It was almost like I was sitting in a room with Annabel and she was sitting there with me telling me the story. Because Dessen tells the story this way it makes it more personal and easier to relate to. You know how when say you're talking to one of your friends and they had just experienced something you've never experienced before- say their father died or they got to travel the world? Well, if that friend is willing to sit with you for awhile and try to explain how they feel and what they were thinking- it makes it easier for you to try and understand what they are going through. That's the way it is with this book- the story line is unusual in it's self because it's about a girl who is a model and is learning to speak her mind more, but not only that her two sisters were models too!! Because the story line itself is unusual- you think that you wouldn't be able to relate to the story at all, let alone understand what Annabel is going through. But because Dessen writes the story so that it's from Annabel's perspective aka first person perspective, it makes it slightly easier to understand. I mean, here's Annabel who has been raped (although you don't learn this until later in the story), she was friends with the most popular girl who school who is constantly mean to her now (although you don't find out why until later in the book), she's dealing with a sister who has an eating disorder and her mother who still wants Annabel to be a model even though Annabel doesn't want to let alone have the guts to say so out loud.
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