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gg1213's review against another edition
4.0
Watch my review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeC22yTUAvw
audreychamaine's review against another edition
3.0
When rich, handsome Nick Andros sees Caitlin McCourt after she returns from fat camp with a new fit body, he falls head over heels for her. As they start dating, though, Nick can’t help but want her with him at all times. He makes her page him whenever they aren’t together, and fears that if he doesn’t she’ll leave him. Nick’s friends warn him that he’s become too controlling of Caitlin, but it isn’t until he hits her and she gets a restraining order against him that he begins to realize how he’s treated her.
This book tells the story of domestic violence from the point of view of the abuser. Readers see Nick’s growing realization that he has hurt somebody he loved and is likely to do it again as he writes the back-story of the events leading to his restraining order. The story carries two main messages. The first is that we learn to abuse from our past experiences, just as Nick learned how to abuse others from his father’s treatment of him. The second message is that getting better takes time. Nick first needs to acknowledge that he has a problem to face it, and then must put in years of serious effort to break the cycle of abuse.
This book tells the story of domestic violence from the point of view of the abuser. Readers see Nick’s growing realization that he has hurt somebody he loved and is likely to do it again as he writes the back-story of the events leading to his restraining order. The story carries two main messages. The first is that we learn to abuse from our past experiences, just as Nick learned how to abuse others from his father’s treatment of him. The second message is that getting better takes time. Nick first needs to acknowledge that he has a problem to face it, and then must put in years of serious effort to break the cycle of abuse.
mckinlay's review against another edition
4.0
VERY good. i nice change hearing about abuse from the abuser.
mkiyxxmi's review against another edition
4.0
Very good. The ending was a bit surprising, but it makes sense I guess. Realistic, difficult to read at times, and showing of what it must be like from the other side of abuse.
zoeyn0rman's review against another edition
5.0
i read this for school, and holy shit?
can't explain how much this BOOK made me cry.
can't explain how much this BOOK made me cry.
serenastrike's review against another edition
3.0
I went back and forth A LOT on how I felt about this. Nick got on my nerves and I even hated him at times. But I truly felt for him at the end of the book. I also went back and forth about Caitlin and her actions and whether or not I liked her character.
I think it was interesting for the author to write this from the point of view of the abuser. I can see a lot of my students finding connections within this book. Maybe it would even get some of them to actually read. I plan on adding this to my collection.
I think it was interesting for the author to write this from the point of view of the abuser. I can see a lot of my students finding connections within this book. Maybe it would even get some of them to actually read. I plan on adding this to my collection.
xofelf's review against another edition
5.0
This book should really be a required reading for English in high school. It has great lessons to learn from it.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
3.0
very well written and moving story about a troubling relationship between a mother and daughter - between a whole family.
I just wanted to hug Lily and tell her she was okay - perfect and beautiful just the way she was. I wish parents didn't react this way.
I just wanted to hug Lily and tell her she was okay - perfect and beautiful just the way she was. I wish parents didn't react this way.
toastymaloney's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting read. Written from the perspective of a 16 year old young man who abused his girlfriend. This story is something many a young person could learn from. This sort of situation happens all too often. Not uplifting, not happy.