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mischief_in_the_library 's review for:
I Swear
by Lane Davis
Wasn't expecting a lot, honestly, and got about what I expected. A small issue I had with the book was the uncomfortable amount of inconspicuous sexist comments - particularly by the one person who actually liked her, a boy who wanted to date her: "We always went to see her volleyball games, and it didn't hurt that she was easy on the eyes." A big issue I had was the lazy option of not including the perspective of the main perpetrator of the bullying. I figure the whole point of the book was to see the bullies and their point of view, how it's not just because they're evil and malicious, but they have flaws and sometimes are trying their best and made some mistakes etc etc...but the message is lost when instead the blame is shifted to the ringleader of their gang, who is portrayed as evil and malicious, without flaws, just a generally horrible person and the others obviously didn't stand a chance under her manipulative hand. The best sort of stories are the ones that show that no character, no issue, is black and white, there often isn't an easy-to-blame villain with no sympathetic value.