Lottie Moggach

Very interesting take on social media - Leila is a dowdy, shut-in teenager traumatised by the death of her mother. She is drawn in by a sinister and manipulative man to cover for the suicide of the brilliant, mercurial Tess. Leila will pretend to be Tess online, as Tess is exhausted by her bipolar disorder and through this plan wants to stop her friends and family being hurt by her decision to die. But Leila's peculiar Aspergersian blindness soon sees the plan spiral out of control as Leila wakes up to the possibilities of being Tess, even if only virtually, and all despite the fact that Leila is unable to properly process the relationships and subtleties of the worldly Tess.

It's a car crash waiting to happen, of course, but there are some wonderful observations and set pieces. Leila is a really nice example of a narrator who is not unreliable, per se - the audience is so much better placed to see what's going on than Leila could ever be. Nevertheless, from the security of her tiny bedroom Leila ends up on a whistle stop tour of what it's like to be an adult that will change her forever.

Definitely worth a go.
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Leila ha tenido desde pequeña problemas de relación con los demás. Sin embargo, en el foro de Internet Red Pill se muestra tal y como es, y deja impresionado a su fundador, Adrian, que la invita a participar en el Proyecto Tess. Leila no conoce a Tess pero ahora sabe más sobre ella que nadie en el mundo. Ha leído todos sus correos, ha investigado en su pasado y le ha preguntado por cada detalle de sus amigos y su familia. Tess no conoce a Leila pero si quiere desaparecer necesita confiarle su vida. Se va a suicidar. Todo va como estaba previsto hasta que Connor, antiguo novio de Tess, retoma el contacto. Leila pensaba que Tess se lo había contado todo pero descubrirá que una persona es mucho más que los hechos y que hay cosas que uno solo puede aprender viviéndolas.… (meer)