I can’t really say if I liked or not this story.
What I definitely enjoyed is the writing style, it’s very good and I was more than 50% in the story when I stopped the first time as I just didn’t realise how good it was.
As for the story itself, it’s a book that is and definitely will be talked a lot because of its topic. It’s not for everyone and can cause triggers and also there’s a lot of opinions that will come out.
I had to stop reading at times to process what was really going on. The author has a great way to show you what Vanessa feels and to get into her mind. She’s definitely not a young girl/woman that doesn’t know what she wants from her life and in a way her story it’s very reliable with real-life people.
The parents lack of support, her mother’s way to approach mother-daughter bound is almost non-existent, and maybe, that’s why some will think that Vanessa was looking for affection in other places, like in people who gave her attention, in this case, her older teacher.
Even years later, after she finds out that he was planning to protect himself with a laid out plan and she and her parents had to move out because one of her friends spoke up, she’s still drawn to him and it’s heartbreaking to see how she’s coping with everything.
As I said, not sure what or how I feel about this story but I did enjoy it as a must-read controversial topic and book.