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A review by alongreader
Revenge of the Sluts by Natalie Walton
3.0
A mixed review from me on this one.
I love (and hate) that we keep getting new books on this topic. Love that it's being brought up, hate that they keep being necessary. These are really important topics and I liked that this book pointed out that people react differently, they cope differently, and that all of those ways are valid.
However, this book isn't from the point of view of one of the girls affected, which feels like a missed opportunity to me. Eden keeps saying she understands how they feel, because her boyfriend talked about her with his friends, but while that's awful it's not remotely the same as having a nude leaked to an entire school and beyond.
I thought the pace was a bit weird, too. Eden spends a long time slloooooowwwwllllllyyyyy gathering lots of evidence and having a lot of newspaper meetings (do American schools have that kind of newspaper? With that many staff?) and then there's one very quick conversation when they figure it all out, and then it's two months later and everything is wrapped up in narration.
It's not an awful book; it's an important topic and I liked the characters and some of the moments they have. It just wasn't brilliant, sadly.
I love (and hate) that we keep getting new books on this topic. Love that it's being brought up, hate that they keep being necessary. These are really important topics and I liked that this book pointed out that people react differently, they cope differently, and that all of those ways are valid.
However, this book isn't from the point of view of one of the girls affected, which feels like a missed opportunity to me. Eden keeps saying she understands how they feel, because her boyfriend talked about her with his friends, but while that's awful it's not remotely the same as having a nude leaked to an entire school and beyond.
I thought the pace was a bit weird, too. Eden spends a long time slloooooowwwwllllllyyyyy gathering lots of evidence and having a lot of newspaper meetings (do American schools have that kind of newspaper? With that many staff?) and then there's one very quick conversation when they figure it all out, and then it's two months later and everything is wrapped up in narration.
It's not an awful book; it's an important topic and I liked the characters and some of the moments they have. It just wasn't brilliant, sadly.