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A review by parpacifica
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
3.0
This could have been four stars. It really could have. But there was so much wrong. The revenge/retribution thing didn't sit well with me.
Look, I'm not Mother Theresa— I probably shouldn't even mention our names together in the same sentence, given how much I cuss. I am all for revenge and payback and going batshit fucking crazy.
But I am not okay with someone bullying their bully. You are hurt. I understand. You have every right to be. But will hurting that person make you any better than him/her? Maybe my ridiculous pacifist dad accidentally rubbed off on me, but I couldn't get over the violent ways Regina was tripping, hurting, getting back at the girls who hurt her, who hurt her because she hurt them, and she hurt them because they hurt her and DAMNIT IT IS A CYCLE. YOU DO NOT FEED VIOLENCE WITH VIOLENCE.
I grew up as the person who was mostly everyone's friends, so I was never really bullied. I usually called the lonely kids to my table because why the hell not? Most of those "lonely" kids ended up being my friends for years. During my school years, if you were an asshole, someone would call you on it. So my experience was pretty sheltered.
But with that being said, a lot of circumstances in this book were too wishful and unrealistic.
Mean Girls wearing matching outfits? I'm sorry but if a bunch of girls wearing watching pink shirts and white miniskirts walked uniformly in the hall, they would be snap chatted and tweeted about so fast. No one would take them seriously.
Bully falls in love with bully? I don't even want to answer that question. Regina ruined Michael's life, and you're telling me he is willing to overlook the bullying, abuse, rumours and pariah status he got from them, for her suddenly because she finally realizes that she is a little bitch? Man, maybe he's the Mother Theresa reincarnate.
The book ended off on a somewhat good note but I can't help but think that Regina didn't change throughout the book. She just...kind of...stayed a bitch.
Look, I'm not Mother Theresa— I probably shouldn't even mention our names together in the same sentence, given how much I cuss. I am all for revenge and payback and going batshit fucking crazy.
But I am not okay with someone bullying their bully. You are hurt. I understand. You have every right to be. But will hurting that person make you any better than him/her? Maybe my ridiculous pacifist dad accidentally rubbed off on me, but I couldn't get over the violent ways Regina was tripping, hurting, getting back at the girls who hurt her, who hurt her because she hurt them, and she hurt them because they hurt her and DAMNIT IT IS A CYCLE. YOU DO NOT FEED VIOLENCE WITH VIOLENCE.
I grew up as the person who was mostly everyone's friends, so I was never really bullied. I usually called the lonely kids to my table because why the hell not? Most of those "lonely" kids ended up being my friends for years. During my school years, if you were an asshole, someone would call you on it. So my experience was pretty sheltered.
But with that being said, a lot of circumstances in this book were too wishful and unrealistic.
Mean Girls wearing matching outfits? I'm sorry but if a bunch of girls wearing watching pink shirts and white miniskirts walked uniformly in the hall, they would be snap chatted and tweeted about so fast. No one would take them seriously.
Bully falls in love with bully? I don't even want to answer that question. Regina ruined Michael's life, and you're telling me he is willing to overlook the bullying, abuse, rumours and pariah status he got from them, for her suddenly because she finally realizes that she is a little bitch? Man, maybe he's the Mother Theresa reincarnate.
The book ended off on a somewhat good note but I can't help but think that Regina didn't change throughout the book. She just...kind of...stayed a bitch.