Three qualities I expect in a good book include firstly, lots of detail, enough to thoroughly allow you to understand and visualize whats going on, secondly, strong characters with developed backgrounds (or mysteriously underdeveloped ones) and thirdly, a good and interesting plot. The book I have read so far in english class, Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, contains all of these factors, and I'm really enjoying it.
As for an interesting plot, this book is great. It starts off in a very sad, unfortunate place, the main character Lia's best friend Cassie has mysteriously passed away and Lia is devastated. She becomes even more antisocial, "...my walls go up and my doors lock. I nod like I'm listening, like we're communicating and she never knows the difference." though she had already been in the past, and also suffering from anorexia for years as it touches on too. Lia is obviously not okay. As the story has gone on, it seems like memories are surfacing, ever so mysteriously about Cassie and Lia's friendship and all of the secrets they've shared, which just makes you eager and curious to read on.
