jennyoli96's review against another edition
*review of a received advanced copy*
I'm truly sorry to say I couldn't finish this book, even though I'm not usually sensitive to this, it really was too triggering. What I can tell you is that I understand the message the author is trying to get through and it's a beautiful one.
This books speaks of bullying and the terrible effects it can have on the victim. It needs heavy trigger warnings for both bullying and self harm, and seeing as I didn't finish it there might be some more.
What terrifies me is that, at least until the point that I read, all of that really does happen (the heavy bullying), and people don't react to it or try to solve it the way they should, and the author tries to explain that and other high school real, terrible issues through multiple points of view.
I still recommend this book to those of you who have no problems with triggers and that sort of thing. I applaud the author for the writing and the intention, though.
I'm truly sorry to say I couldn't finish this book, even though I'm not usually sensitive to this, it really was too triggering. What I can tell you is that I understand the message the author is trying to get through and it's a beautiful one.
This books speaks of bullying and the terrible effects it can have on the victim. It needs heavy trigger warnings for both bullying and self harm, and seeing as I didn't finish it there might be some more.
What terrifies me is that, at least until the point that I read, all of that really does happen (the heavy bullying), and people don't react to it or try to solve it the way they should, and the author tries to explain that and other high school real, terrible issues through multiple points of view.
I still recommend this book to those of you who have no problems with triggers and that sort of thing. I applaud the author for the writing and the intention, though.
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