Creep by Emma van Straaten: I might have found this frustrating to read on paper, but the audio performance is WOW. Listening to the deeply broken protagonist's thoughts, as she obsessively thinks about how maybe the boy would like her if she had done X instead of Y, or maybe Z, or maybe if the weather had been different, etc. etc., and maybe she could fix it if she did A, or B, or C, reminded me of the rabbit holes I've seen so many of my friends go down. Her unhinged behavior in response to this rumination is incredibly written. Hearing her reject so many opportunities to connect because she is so fixated on her obsession and in thrall to dysmorphia also added a great (heartbreaking) perspective.
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