Chasing Orion

Chasing Orion was a very well written, but a kind of disturbing book. It was about a girl (Georgie) and her brother (Emmett) who moved in next door to a girl living in an iron lung, because she had polio. The book starts out very pleasant and light with Georgie trying to make friends and them both getting to know Phyllis, the girl in the iron lung, better. But then it becomes more disturbing. Phyllis starts dating Emmett and pretends to be in love with him but is only loving him to get him to help her commit suicide because she feels like she isn't truly alive. Georgie also sees that people treat Phyllis like nothing is wrong and that she is leading a fine life, which annoys her because she is not and pretending isn't going to make it happen. I was ok with this book because, besides the disturbing plot, parts of the story being told through Georgies nightmares and the story of the constellation Orion, and not much character development besides in Georgie and a little bit in Emmett, the author did a good job with what I think the book was about which was the question, is living in an iron lung really living and who gets to decide that? This book definitly isn't action packed but if you looking for a harder read, not necessarily in language or length, this is a pretty good book.