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Girl, Unframed
by Deb Caletti
finally getting my review up for this 2+ months later. oof!
tw: abuse
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a brief synopsis. this book follows a girl named sydney who is going to live with her mom in the summer in california. her mom is a famous actress and the book comes off innocent but the summer becomes a time she will never forget.
okay. this book talks about a theme that i found very under discussed in ya books and that's the shift when you are no longer seen as a girl and is seen as a woman. While reading sydney's POV, she talks about how she was outside and saw a guy in his 30s checking her out. I don't think books talk about how girls become preyed upon during their teen years. You become more aware of what you are wearing, how men are looking for you, and it becomes worse when we think about how underage girls are seen as being older because of their appearance. She seems to want to be 16 and live in that moment but it's hard when you can't enjoy your innocence. On her sixteenth birthday, her mom protects her from older men. she confront shane, i believe the neighbor, and tells him to stop harassing her. his excuse was he thought she was in college... that gives you an excuse as someone that is not in college to prey on a young girl....
she is staying with her mom and her boyfriend, jake. jake was a character in the absolute worst way. sydney was already in a new place and she wasn't getting the attention she wanted from her mom and had jake be protective of her in a creepy way. she hung out with max, her dog, a lot because at least she had a friend. it was hinted while reading that jake was involved in some shady business and some of the convos with jake were just creepy like how he had art discussing how picasso had a 26 year old wife and how that is not creepy. he loved the age gap in art. really put in perspective how age gaps in romance is seen as ~goals~ instead of ew. jake gets mad when nicco is making out with her. jake was awful.
the discussion about 'ladies' man."' It was interesting how critical the phrase of ladies man was. It was even said that it should just be called creeps. I find it interesting how if woman are dating lots of men there is critical language like whore, slut etc. while men dating lots of woman is seen as endearing and impressive.
whenever her best friend from home, meredith, came. yikes. i was proud that meredith realized the situation was bad. she noticed that lila was being abused. meredith was SCARED. then, sydney leaves meredith with a strange boy alone and thought it was normal, like no... then later, meredith and sydney come home to lilia and jake yelling at each other. meredith left immediately after that and it was sad that when sydney called her grandmother to help get her out, she said it would 'blow over.' meredith leaves early and even tries to get sydney out because she knew something bad was going to happen. it made me realize how sydney was never protected and thought she was trapped while meredith had people that cared.
the ending. jake ends up dead. sydney takes the fall for her mom. it got ruled a justifiable homicide. she was manipulated that summer and her mom did not care for her the way that she needed to be cared for. overall, this book is one that i will never forget. how young girls are not protected. how young girls are seen as being grown up even when they are not. how young girls are alone in a world where we are taken advantage of. i encourage everyone to read this book.
tw: abuse
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a brief synopsis. this book follows a girl named sydney who is going to live with her mom in the summer in california. her mom is a famous actress and the book comes off innocent but the summer becomes a time she will never forget.
okay. this book talks about a theme that i found very under discussed in ya books and that's the shift when you are no longer seen as a girl and is seen as a woman. While reading sydney's POV, she talks about how she was outside and saw a guy in his 30s checking her out. I don't think books talk about how girls become preyed upon during their teen years. You become more aware of what you are wearing, how men are looking for you, and it becomes worse when we think about how underage girls are seen as being older because of their appearance. She seems to want to be 16 and live in that moment but it's hard when you can't enjoy your innocence. On her sixteenth birthday, her mom protects her from older men. she confront shane, i believe the neighbor, and tells him to stop harassing her. his excuse was he thought she was in college... that gives you an excuse as someone that is not in college to prey on a young girl....
she is staying with her mom and her boyfriend, jake. jake was a character in the absolute worst way. sydney was already in a new place and she wasn't getting the attention she wanted from her mom and had jake be protective of her in a creepy way. she hung out with max, her dog, a lot because at least she had a friend. it was hinted while reading that jake was involved in some shady business and some of the convos with jake were just creepy like how he had art discussing how picasso had a 26 year old wife and how that is not creepy. he loved the age gap in art. really put in perspective how age gaps in romance is seen as ~goals~ instead of ew. jake gets mad when nicco is making out with her. jake was awful.
the discussion about 'ladies' man."' It was interesting how critical the phrase of ladies man was. It was even said that it should just be called creeps. I find it interesting how if woman are dating lots of men there is critical language like whore, slut etc. while men dating lots of woman is seen as endearing and impressive.
whenever her best friend from home, meredith, came. yikes. i was proud that meredith realized the situation was bad. she noticed that lila was being abused. meredith was SCARED. then, sydney leaves meredith with a strange boy alone and thought it was normal, like no... then later, meredith and sydney come home to lilia and jake yelling at each other. meredith left immediately after that and it was sad that when sydney called her grandmother to help get her out, she said it would 'blow over.' meredith leaves early and even tries to get sydney out because she knew something bad was going to happen. it made me realize how sydney was never protected and thought she was trapped while meredith had people that cared.
the ending. jake ends up dead. sydney takes the fall for her mom. it got ruled a justifiable homicide. she was manipulated that summer and her mom did not care for her the way that she needed to be cared for. overall, this book is one that i will never forget. how young girls are not protected. how young girls are seen as being grown up even when they are not. how young girls are alone in a world where we are taken advantage of. i encourage everyone to read this book.