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A review by lcmarie19
Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir
4.0
Wow.. what an incredibly sad and painful read. But the story was very compelling. I've never read anything by Desir before, but after this book I am definitely intrigued and would like to read more by her.
BLEED LIKE ME follows Gannon and her budding unhealthy relationship with her schoolmate, Brooks. Gannon, having been neglected by her parents turns to alternative methods of coping, which ultimately leads to her finding and developing a destructive relationship with him.
The characters in this book are VERY unstable and extremely vulnerable. The struggles were very believeable and I found myself sympathizing with Gannon more than once. Brooks was a difficult character for me to get a real read on for a majority of the book, but as the plot progressed, I soon understood why. The compatibility between Gannon and Brooks was off the charts, but soon molded into something else. It was a gradual progression, which I give great credit to Desir.
The synopsis of this book already hints at a not-so-easygoing relationship between our two characters, but I dont quite get how hard it's going to be until I start reading deeper and deeper. I'm going to be honest, my mouth dropped one or two times in this book because there was just SO much emotional. So much pain and hurt. These aren't just some kids who got their hands slapped and are bitter about time out. This is some raw pain that Desir displays with great methods.
There's one particular scene where a HUGE tragedy occurs and you KNOW that no one is coming back from it the same. It's that intense. It's these moments where I see that Desir has no real intentions of playing it safe with this story or with these characters. She's being real and authentic and quite brave in my opinion. Because these are the types of stories that need to be told more often.
While a story like this is not my typical thing, I found myself so invested in this story and its characters. The plot progression was good and the characters were just spot on. I don't want to say the characters developed well, because in a way, they didn't. They didn't develop at all -- with the except of Gannon at a particular point. But I think the point of the story IS that there is NO development of character because that would mean something a bit more positive than I think I'd like to associate with this story.
It is definitely a painful read. It's a real one, but a painful. I highly recommend it, though. While I was very emotional when I finished, I still thought about it the next day. It was that compelling.
BLEED LIKE ME follows Gannon and her budding unhealthy relationship with her schoolmate, Brooks. Gannon, having been neglected by her parents turns to alternative methods of coping, which ultimately leads to her finding and developing a destructive relationship with him.
The characters in this book are VERY unstable and extremely vulnerable. The struggles were very believeable and I found myself sympathizing with Gannon more than once. Brooks was a difficult character for me to get a real read on for a majority of the book, but as the plot progressed, I soon understood why. The compatibility between Gannon and Brooks was off the charts, but soon molded into something else. It was a gradual progression, which I give great credit to Desir.
The synopsis of this book already hints at a not-so-easygoing relationship between our two characters, but I dont quite get how hard it's going to be until I start reading deeper and deeper. I'm going to be honest, my mouth dropped one or two times in this book because there was just SO much emotional. So much pain and hurt. These aren't just some kids who got their hands slapped and are bitter about time out. This is some raw pain that Desir displays with great methods.
There's one particular scene where a HUGE tragedy occurs and you KNOW that no one is coming back from it the same. It's that intense. It's these moments where I see that Desir has no real intentions of playing it safe with this story or with these characters. She's being real and authentic and quite brave in my opinion. Because these are the types of stories that need to be told more often.
While a story like this is not my typical thing, I found myself so invested in this story and its characters. The plot progression was good and the characters were just spot on. I don't want to say the characters developed well, because in a way, they didn't. They didn't develop at all -- with the except of Gannon at a particular point. But I think the point of the story IS that there is NO development of character because that would mean something a bit more positive than I think I'd like to associate with this story.
It is definitely a painful read. It's a real one, but a painful. I highly recommend it, though. While I was very emotional when I finished, I still thought about it the next day. It was that compelling.