I know victims don’t always report bullying however, some of the actions by Tate’s classmates are so inappropriate and threatening that it’s hard to believe she wouldn’t at least confide in her dad. However, I felt that years of relentlessly brutal behavior were completely avoidable. When all the details finally come to light, it’s clear why he’s so callous. Jared’s motivations remain a mystery throughout the majority of the book. There’s great magnetism between Tate and Jared, but he never fully won me over. However, I enjoyed the parts of the story that deal with Tate’s feelings of isolation and her reluctant attraction to him. Some of Jared’s tactics seem oddly childish for an 18-year-old, and his brooding gets stale.
What responsible parent leaves their high school daughter unsupervised for three months? Umm… none. This part of the story was like a thorn in my side that I couldn’t ignore. Her single father is working in Germany for three months, and Tate is living alone in the meantime. She’s also extremely independent-a necessity since her support system is limited. I was intrigued by how extreme bullying could start-seemingly out of the blue-between two people who were once inseparable best friends and destined to be more. Regardless of whether it’s subtle or blatant, verbal, physical, and cyber bullying is degrading, humiliating, and devastating for the victim. It is only suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations.īullying is something that’s unfortunately very prevalent among youths. ***This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. I'm not going to let him bully me anymore. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him.īut I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year.
His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. Published by Self-Published on June 17th 2013
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