A review by readalotwritealot
Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen

4.5

With Two Winters, Whalen proved she was a master of the retelling. And with Take Her Down, she took her game up a notch. 

While I haven’t read Julius Caesar in many years, I loved this queer YA retelling. The play format was perfect. The mental health coverage was fantastic. And then there was the fact that the trigger warning for sexual assault was listed on the back cover! 
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I loved the writing, the ability to really dig into that uncertainty we feel as teens, how much peer pressure and social hierarchy affect us, what lengths we will go to for popularity and acceptance. I can’t wait to see what retelling Whalen goes for next!