A review by impybelle
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories by Megan Kelley Hall, Carrie Jones
4.0
Dear Bully is difficult to review. Part of this is because I can empathize with those people who feel that perhaps 70 or so stories on the same exact subject will be repetitive. Part of it is because that there's a need for 70 stories on one subject like this.
As someone who dreaded school after awhile to the point that I made myself sick with worry, I kind of figured I should read it, in pieces. If you've been bullied, odds are good at least a few of the stories will ring so true that you might have to look away for a minute. My biggest nightmares don't involve bloodshed, they involve being told I have to go back to middle or high school and this book kind of illustrates why.
As with all anthologies, it's a mixed bag. Some stories stick with you and some kind of fade away as you move on to the next. It's interesting how they contradict one another in parts, too, particularly the theory that bullies will inevitably get their butts handed to them karmically speaking. I don't think that one happens to be true. In some cases it is and in others, well, karma is obviously very busy.
There is but one truth: you are not alone and you can get through this. Everything else depends on the story.
I think my favorite was R.L. Stine's because as I was reading it, I couldn't help but think "Of course."
As someone who dreaded school after awhile to the point that I made myself sick with worry, I kind of figured I should read it, in pieces. If you've been bullied, odds are good at least a few of the stories will ring so true that you might have to look away for a minute. My biggest nightmares don't involve bloodshed, they involve being told I have to go back to middle or high school and this book kind of illustrates why.
As with all anthologies, it's a mixed bag. Some stories stick with you and some kind of fade away as you move on to the next. It's interesting how they contradict one another in parts, too, particularly the theory that bullies will inevitably get their butts handed to them karmically speaking. I don't think that one happens to be true. In some cases it is and in others, well, karma is obviously very busy.
There is but one truth: you are not alone and you can get through this. Everything else depends on the story.
I think my favorite was R.L. Stine's because as I was reading it, I couldn't help but think "Of course."