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You Could Be So Pretty
by Holly Bourne
"That's the whole point of it...To Hate yourself and exhaust yourself trying to be more beautiful."
Book Review:
What would it be like to live in a world where you are defined by how you look, what you wear, a world where you are less than and never enough. In the world of the Doctrine you are either Pretty, a try hard, an objectionable or invisible, criterias set out to make women and young girls question their self worth.
Belle Gentle has to have it all, the highest ranking, the scholarship, to be The Chosen One by the Doctrine rules. All Joni Miller wants is the scholarship to go to the Education, to get away from the Doctrine. These two girls are up against each other, a Pretty and an Objectionable, but one horrifying incident alters their lives forever.
Holly Bourne has written about normal everyday life and put it into this jaw dropping book. Character development ticked all the boxes, I loved Joni's character but even more so I loved Belle and Joni's character together. Everyone should read this book, it is akin to the reality we live every day and such a valid matter.
"But it is my face. It is. It is. And my face is enough."
⚠️Please be warned this book contains trigger warnings!⚠️
Sexual Assault ▫️Body shaming ▫️Bullying ▫️Sexism ▫️Domestic abuse
Eating Disorder ▫️Emotional Abuse ▫️Misogyny ▫️Sexual Harassment ▫️pornography
Book Review:
What would it be like to live in a world where you are defined by how you look, what you wear, a world where you are less than and never enough. In the world of the Doctrine you are either Pretty, a try hard, an objectionable or invisible, criterias set out to make women and young girls question their self worth.
Belle Gentle has to have it all, the highest ranking, the scholarship, to be The Chosen One by the Doctrine rules. All Joni Miller wants is the scholarship to go to the Education, to get away from the Doctrine. These two girls are up against each other, a Pretty and an Objectionable, but one horrifying incident alters their lives forever.
Holly Bourne has written about normal everyday life and put it into this jaw dropping book. Character development ticked all the boxes, I loved Joni's character but even more so I loved Belle and Joni's character together. Everyone should read this book, it is akin to the reality we live every day and such a valid matter.
"But it is my face. It is. It is. And my face is enough."
⚠️Please be warned this book contains trigger warnings!⚠️
Sexual Assault ▫️Body shaming ▫️Bullying ▫️Sexism ▫️Domestic abuse
Eating Disorder ▫️Emotional Abuse ▫️Misogyny ▫️Sexual Harassment ▫️pornography