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A review by simplystacie
Choker by Elizabeth Woods
5.0
I read this book in a matter of a couple days staying up late one night because I just had to finish it. It started out with Cara, a socially awkward teenage girl, having lunch in her high school cafeteria. She feels very out of place and alone even though she sits with a group of girls. She always has the feeling that she never fits in. As she quietly eats her lunch of carrot sticks, one gets lodged in her throat and she begins to choke. Thankfully, her crush comes to her rescue and gets her breathing again, but the damage has been done. The whole school saw her choking and making noises because she couldn’t breath and instead of being sympathetic, they are mean and cruel. I felt so bad for poor Cara and it angered me to see how awful these group of girls were to her.
I related to Cara because I know how she felt being an outsider in school. I always felt the same way myself so this book really hit home for me. The author captured the feeling of feeling like you don’t belong and always second guessing yourself. Cara life takes a different turn when she discovers her best friend Zoe in her room when she returns home. She is ecstatic because Zoe is the one person who accepts Cara and who she feels comfortable with.
The story moves quick and I don’t want to give too much away to ruin it for you because this is one book you need to read without knowing what happened. It blew me out of the water with the twist in this one! I was reading and was thinking “no way!”. I’m still thinking about this book and I finished reading it a few days before.
I hope Elizabeth Woods writes more books. She is an amazing writer, storyteller and I could easily imagine all the multi-dimensional characters. If you like YA or books like The Pretty Little Liars series, then pick this one up for sure!
I related to Cara because I know how she felt being an outsider in school. I always felt the same way myself so this book really hit home for me. The author captured the feeling of feeling like you don’t belong and always second guessing yourself. Cara life takes a different turn when she discovers her best friend Zoe in her room when she returns home. She is ecstatic because Zoe is the one person who accepts Cara and who she feels comfortable with.
The story moves quick and I don’t want to give too much away to ruin it for you because this is one book you need to read without knowing what happened. It blew me out of the water with the twist in this one! I was reading and was thinking “no way!”. I’m still thinking about this book and I finished reading it a few days before.
I hope Elizabeth Woods writes more books. She is an amazing writer, storyteller and I could easily imagine all the multi-dimensional characters. If you like YA or books like The Pretty Little Liars series, then pick this one up for sure!