A review by mcoppadge07
Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

2.0

Great idea not so great execution. I seriously disliked every character but the siblings. And the sad part is that, in one aspect, I’ve been in Lara’s place. I did harm myself when I was in high school and I was put into the hospital to get help. But I couldn’t make myself like Lara. She was very flat, I couldn’t connect with her. I needed more. I also really didn’t like how it ended. It all felt very unresolved. We get Lara’s ending but what about the other three characters whose perspectives we’ve been reading about the entire book? Also side note I wish that her two friends from school played a bigger part. They were just briefly thrown in every once in a while and were then a big part of the last few pages ending Lara’s story. Ugh. To be able to really enjoy this book I needed sooo much more.