A review by chyreads29
All the Rage by Courtney Summers

4.0

This is another one of those stories that will grab you and hold you hostage until the very last page. Summers' writing is absolutely stunning; I am definitely captivated by her style. Romy Grey, the main protagonist, is so complex and difficult, it's hard to wrap your head around who she is at times. But she is my favorite thing about this story. Romy's struggles with her sexual assault and the bullying she experiences, as a result, is painfully messy and honest. When she recounts her assault, she speaks in the third person, indicating a dissociation from her body, which is the site of her trauma. By the end of the novel, she doesn't resolve this. By the end of the novel, her community still rallies behind violent aggressors rather than innocent victims. Summers doesn't shy away from a realistic ending that mirrors how these things work in the real world, which I greatly appreciate. She also starts so many conversations about privilege, abused power, and rape culture and who can be the perpetrators.