A review by mmotleyu
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston

3.0

I wanted to love this book the way I loved Speak. The "victim" in this book is treated so much differently than Melinda was in Speak so it's obviously a different story of sexual violence. I did love the strong female relationships in this book as well as the adult/teen relationships, and I liked that she chose not to see herself as a victim. I finished the book wanting more development. It just touches on how all her friends and teachers and other kids at school deal with the event. I needed more. I have felt this way about the last few YA books I have read, so I think I might be in a bit of a YA slump. Time will tell if I keep thinking about this book the way that I still think about Speak all these years later.