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A review by abbyreads2
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
3.0
I'm shocked. So many things happened and the book felt short and long. I extremely liked the ending. It felt realistic. But the fact that those girls didn't get in any kinds of troubles was outrageous. They get to be such nightmares and go on with their lives never having to worry about it is completely unfair. Although life is unfair, I wanted them to get expelled or something. That part was disappointing. I don't have much to say besides that it was good. It would've been better if she had dealt with things differently but everyone is different. They deal with things different. In the end, she didn't really feel at peace. I can tell she's on her way there though.
Edit: This book was infuriating. She kept fighting back and that was a bit admirable but at times, it didn't feel like she was fighting back. It felt like she was stepping to their levels, bullying them back rather than being stronger than they were. And that bothered me. At times, she could've easily let it go or report them but chosed to rather start a physical fight or worsen the situation. I hate how the story failed to acknowledge the assaults (sexual and physical). There were no consequences and none of them paid for their actions. Donnie may have lost weight and looked terrible but for all the wrong reasons, he should've been locked up. Josh should've been locked up for his dealing and suspended for bullying. Anna should've been expelled and arrested. And kara really needed to see a therapy as well as get suspended/expelled and arrested. They all basically got away with it. And I'm still upset that no one acknowledged that she was raped or almost raped (not sure) by donnie. It pisses me off. Till the end. And another thing that pisses me off is HOW NO ADULTS INTERVENED WHILE ALL THIS SHIT WAS GOING ON???? What the fuck were they doing? Sleeping? Eating? I mean all this shit AND NO ADULTS. None of them got caught or anything (besides the incident with Regina's locker). That is one horrible school with horrible teachers and horrible parents. I fail to understand how not a single adult noticed all this was going on. So disappointed. The ending was okay but it would've been better if they had gotten at least something out of it. If they had to deal with the consequences of their actions.
Edit: This book was infuriating. She kept fighting back and that was a bit admirable but at times, it didn't feel like she was fighting back. It felt like she was stepping to their levels, bullying them back rather than being stronger than they were. And that bothered me. At times, she could've easily let it go or report them but chosed to rather start a physical fight or worsen the situation. I hate how the story failed to acknowledge the assaults (sexual and physical). There were no consequences and none of them paid for their actions. Donnie may have lost weight and looked terrible but for all the wrong reasons, he should've been locked up. Josh should've been locked up for his dealing and suspended for bullying. Anna should've been expelled and arrested. And kara really needed to see a therapy as well as get suspended/expelled and arrested. They all basically got away with it. And I'm still upset that no one acknowledged that she was raped or almost raped (not sure) by donnie. It pisses me off. Till the end. And another thing that pisses me off is HOW NO ADULTS INTERVENED WHILE ALL THIS SHIT WAS GOING ON???? What the fuck were they doing? Sleeping? Eating? I mean all this shit AND NO ADULTS. None of them got caught or anything (besides the incident with Regina's locker). That is one horrible school with horrible teachers and horrible parents. I fail to understand how not a single adult noticed all this was going on. So disappointed. The ending was okay but it would've been better if they had gotten at least something out of it. If they had to deal with the consequences of their actions.