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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
3.75
So this needed about a million trigger warning but came with none. Maybe I should have read a review or description beforehand. This was a ride and in every terrible way. If you don't want spoilers stop reading here. This book was horrible, wonderful writing but the material was darker than I could have imagined.
So if anyone needs me I will be flooding my system with chocolate and romcom books. Thanks
So this needed about a million trigger warning but came with none. Maybe I should have read a review or description beforehand. This was a ride and in every terrible way. If you don't want spoilers stop reading here. This book was horrible, wonderful writing but the material was darker than I could have imagined.
Spoiler
I felt for a majority of the book the incident was going to be about the gang rape. Little did I know it would get worse. This girl was 14. fourteen!!!! I don't think I knew about half of these things at 22. Then one of the gang rape boys decides he wants a little more. She has to take a trip to planned parenthood, get plan B, and traumatize her body even more. All to fit in/be liked. Well if that doesn't hurt your feelings enough, buckle up buttercup. She befriends a somewhat loner that is still part of the popular crowd. He stands up for her when she is bullied by a teacher and gets expelled. Oh so that part is not as bad? Well then he and the guy who left school a year prior after a suicide by cutting attempt plan revenge. They set up bombs, and carry guns, and basically hunt the people who bullied them. After surviving gang rape, assault, and a Columbine style horror she is told that she may be guilty. But the cherry on this messed up trauma sunday is that her now fiance can't believe she still has PTSD and basically tells her to get over it.Spoiler
Do Not Read if you have any type of anxiety. And, PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE read trigger warning because this book is heavy and dark and somewhat graphic.So if anyone needs me I will be flooding my system with chocolate and romcom books. Thanks
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
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
I really struggled with this narrator. She's the kind of woman who wouldn't have deigned to notice me and would have been casually cruel if I did come on her radar. She was such a bitch.
She did not deserve what happened to her. The way her experiences shaped her, the way her trauma defined her, was heart breaking.
She was such a bitch and I really hope things get better for her and finds real healing.
She did not deserve what happened to her. The way her experiences shaped her, the way her trauma defined her, was heart breaking.
She was such a bitch and I really hope things get better for her and finds real healing.