Holding Still by Nina LaCour

3/5 Stars

B&N:

An arresting story about starting over after a friend's suicide, from a breakthrough new voice in YA fiction

dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can't.

Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend's suicide. With the help of family and new found friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn't die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid's descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid—and Caitlin herself

My Review:

This book was good. It wasn't anything amazing. Would I recommend it? Maybe if someone was getting it out of the library.

It was interesting to see how Caitlin deals with her best friend's suicide. She finds her journal and reads it little by little. During that time she's finding herself and finding her new life. Meeting new friends, finding a guy, dealing with teachers, all while dealing with the guilt of not being able to help her friend. She goes through the next year and needs to learn it's OK to move on. Moving on and forgetting are two different things.

You see Caitlin go through some of the stages of grief.

A decent book but not amazing.