Some Girls Are
I couldn't get into the book, but I tried and made it about 3/4 of the way through.
I couldn't empathize with the main character. Nor could I sympathize.I wasn't a bully (though we all have times of bullying through the heard,) nor was I bullied in high school. I didn't let it get that far. The drug and alcohol abuse in the book wasn't believable for when I was in high school, nor for the people I spoke with who are currently in high school.
Each new page for me was a cringe. Adults seemed aloof and involved with BLATANT abuse within the school. They didn't follow up with the student in question that had been good students then skipping suddenly. No follow up with rumours that were spreading. No follow up with rotting MEAT in a locker of a student.
None.
No peep.
Even in the school systems where I live that are lower-income or no, staff and faculty would follow up with at least one or ALL of the issues addressed above.
I feel the school and adults in the book aren't believable, as well as the relationship(s) Regina has "post-breakup."
I usually adore YA novels and can easily see this, that, and the other thing happening.
This one, unfortunately, was not my cup of tea.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anybody. I see it as just perpetuating abuse, addiction, sexual and physical violence, and no good ways to get through the bullying as the bullied or bully.
On Good Reads I give this star a 1 and a "tried and didn't finish."
This book was on the Banned and Challenged list 2015-2016 for the following:
Pulled from the freshmen Honors English I summer reading list at West Ashley High School in Charleston, S.C. (2015) after a parent complained about the novel’s dark and explicit content. The book is about a high school senior who is ostracized and bullied by her former friends after she reports an attempted rape by a popular boy.
https://www.ila.org/initiatives/banned-books-week/books-challenged-or-banned-in-2015-2016
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