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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I find this one difficult to review — I want to give it five stars because I get Ani. I’ve been there. I was her for a very long time. But I read Bright Young Women first and this one is not written as well, in my mind.
It is spoken from the mind of someone who has experienced it and it breaks my heart. No individual should ever encounter such atrocities in their life, but “we live in a world.”
Onto the big stuff:
The dedication is for those like TifAni, and I get this one. Not as extreme, but still a terrible situation with a “friend” — well at least the one that was a turning point in my life. And that makes me angry. The other time is held on a back burner because one is “so much worse.” Both are what they are.
But, I also held it in and didn’t tell people what had happened until I couldn’t hold it in any longer. That was the first time I had fallen asleep on the phone with someone. I bawled my eyes out to a good family friend about what had happened to me four days after my 18th birthday.
“Let me take you out for dinner, only as a friend!” Says the 21 year old who had somehow gotten my Snapchat a few months before and talked to me, a mere high school senior, nonstop. Is the age gap large? No, but I was freshly 18 and it’s still r@pe. (Funny enough how Ani wasn’t attracted to Dean and didn’t like him, that’s how I felt about this guy too). Terrified to say no, terrified to fight back. Terrified to cut him out of my life. Terrified because he even followed me to college. I missed out on so much trying to keep him happy. But I broke free. I’m able to call a spade a spade, and I have come back stronger and less angry now.
For those like Ani, I see you, I hear you, I am you.
It is spoken from the mind of someone who has experienced it and it breaks my heart. No individual should ever encounter such atrocities in their life, but “we live in a world.”
Onto the big stuff:
But, I also held it in and didn’t tell people what had happened until I couldn’t hold it in any longer. That was the first time I had fallen asleep on the phone with someone. I bawled my eyes out to a good family friend about what had happened to me four days after my 18th birthday.
“Let me take you out for dinner, only as a friend!” Says the 21 year old who had somehow gotten my Snapchat a few months before and talked to me, a mere high school senior, nonstop. Is the age gap large? No, but I was freshly 18 and it’s still r@pe. (Funny enough how Ani wasn’t attracted to Dean and didn’t like him, that’s how I felt about this guy too). Terrified to say no, terrified to fight back. Terrified to cut him out of my life. Terrified because he even followed me to college. I missed out on so much trying to keep him happy. But I broke free. I’m able to call a spade a spade, and I have come back stronger and less angry now.
For those like Ani, I see you, I hear you, I am you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder
At least in the beginning, the disordered eating/exercising and body shaming is relentless, and the rest of the plot in the first quarter hadn't caught me enough to want to soldier on through that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
I don’t know. I have to let it sink in for a little while before I can rate/review it.
- - - - - 9 days later - - - -
Ok, I’m ready. Nope. Didn’t like it.
Didn’t like the story: The main character, TifAni (puhLEEEZE, that NAME!), is a horrible person, and knowing her would be catastrophic to well-being. Her fiancé is a tool, her mother is an idiot (self-evident in “TifAni” as a name), her childhood trauma is tedious.
Didn’t like the book: I kept thinking something was going to happen. That the obvious solution was not going to be so obvious after all. That there was going to be a twist, or shock, or mild surprise. Nope.
- - - - - 9 days later - - - -
Ok, I’m ready. Nope. Didn’t like it.
Didn’t like the story: The main character, TifAni (puhLEEEZE, that NAME!), is a horrible person, and knowing her would be catastrophic to well-being. Her fiancé is a tool, her mother is an idiot (self-evident in “TifAni” as a name), her childhood trauma is tedious.
Didn’t like the book: I kept thinking something was going to happen. That the obvious solution was not going to be so obvious after all. That there was going to be a twist, or shock, or mild surprise. Nope.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As always I'm so bad at rating thrillers, but this was one I couldn't put down. A great audiobook to listen to when you need to get a bunch of chores done.
Be sure and look at TWs.
Be sure and look at TWs.
It took like 220 pages for the book to get so good I couldn’t put it down. But once it got good, it was good! The end was a little disappointing though.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
I've never read Gone Girl so thankfully, I don't have to picture the comparison that this book claims to make.
The main character could be so infuriating with her extreme dieting ways and I wanted to roll my eyes so far back into my head. Other than that, it was an interesting story and I couldn't wait to finish to hear what happens next. I was pleased with the ending.
The main character could be so infuriating with her extreme dieting ways and I wanted to roll my eyes so far back into my head. Other than that, it was an interesting story and I couldn't wait to finish to hear what happens next. I was pleased with the ending.