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A review by libraryofabibliotaph
Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen
4.0
First of all, what a rollercoaster has this been! From the very first pages you are being carried away into the story. It’s written in an original way by combining interviews, fragments of diaries, audio and video tapes into a fitting whole. The story does a great job in keeping you hooked. Even though around halfway you discover which event derailed everything, the story keeps continuing at the same pace (like when the POV’s are only a few lines each right before something is about to go wrong, you can really feel the suspense building) afterwards with a lot more things that had yet to happen and be revealed. I definitely didn’t see everything coming. The Shakespearian vibe throughout the story was also a nice touch.
A small minus for me was that the timeline was sometimes hard to follow. In itself, I found it very good that it was not always constructed entirely chronologically, which adds to the story. It just might have been helpful to add something like 'one month before the bottom dropped out' to the chapter number when applicable.
About what happened in the story, it’s pretty messed up how people can go to such lengths to sabotage one another. It’s also eye opening that even in the LGBTQIA community, some people still feel like they don’t belong because others still think in boxes and the seemingly confident ones just bully the others like it sometimes happens in the broader society. I can only hope no one has to go through this in real life.
So if you like a fast paced, LGBTQIA high school drama, with twists you don’t see coming, I definitely recommend checking this book out. 4,5/5 stars for me.
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.
A small minus for me was that the timeline was sometimes hard to follow. In itself, I found it very good that it was not always constructed entirely chronologically, which adds to the story. It just might have been helpful to add something like 'one month before the bottom dropped out' to the chapter number when applicable.
About what happened in the story, it’s pretty messed up how people can go to such lengths to sabotage one another. It’s also eye opening that even in the LGBTQIA community, some people still feel like they don’t belong because others still think in boxes and the seemingly confident ones just bully the others like it sometimes happens in the broader society. I can only hope no one has to go through this in real life.
So if you like a fast paced, LGBTQIA high school drama, with twists you don’t see coming, I definitely recommend checking this book out. 4,5/5 stars for me.
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.