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rainbowbrarian's Reviews (1.85k)
Well, this book goes down as one of the worst books that I have ever read. It was another of my Harper Collins First Look review books. Although the summary indicated that it was about a girl who is molested by her teacher when she's 14 it did NOT say that the book was almost completely porn.
It was horrifying. She's molested by this teacher and they start having an affair and the teacher is manipulative and sadistic. Her life spirals down into the gutter after. She sleeps with every man she meets. She's totally obsessed with the teacher, Mr. Carr. Her best friend does his best to help her but he ends up just sleeping with her as well as his own life gets dragged down the toilet with hers.
Then the teacher shows up again and she becomes his willing sex slave. The story ends when her friend kills himself and she stays with the psychotic teacher who sexually tortures her.
It was an awful book. If I hadn't been obligated to read it for the review I would have thrown the book away. It was unredeemable and the story only reinforced horrific themes. The teacher gets away with the entire thing and gets to keep her and keep abusing her. The 'good guy' kills himself and the main girl, Sarah, although she realizes that her life is a disaster, never does anything to try to help herself. She remains the helpless victim forever.
UGH. It was AWFUL. It made me uncomfortable to read and disgusted.
It was horrifying. She's molested by this teacher and they start having an affair and the teacher is manipulative and sadistic. Her life spirals down into the gutter after. She sleeps with every man she meets. She's totally obsessed with the teacher, Mr. Carr. Her best friend does his best to help her but he ends up just sleeping with her as well as his own life gets dragged down the toilet with hers.
Then the teacher shows up again and she becomes his willing sex slave. The story ends when her friend kills himself and she stays with the psychotic teacher who sexually tortures her.
It was an awful book. If I hadn't been obligated to read it for the review I would have thrown the book away. It was unredeemable and the story only reinforced horrific themes. The teacher gets away with the entire thing and gets to keep her and keep abusing her. The 'good guy' kills himself and the main girl, Sarah, although she realizes that her life is a disaster, never does anything to try to help herself. She remains the helpless victim forever.
UGH. It was AWFUL. It made me uncomfortable to read and disgusted.
This was another uncorrected proof that I'm reviewing for Harper Collins Teen First Look Program.
The story is about two best friends Paige and Anthony who have crushes on the new boy at school. They both want to date him, but before they can they have to find out: Is he or isn't he?
This was a terrible book. The characters were inflated stereotypes. Anthony was over the top campy drama queen with few chances for real character development. Paige had a bit more development through having conflicts with her mother, but still felt unrealistic, especially in her arguments with another character Paolo.
The plot of the book was very predictable and lackluster. If this had been a book about two girls who wanted to date the same boy it would have never been published. The characters behave in completely predictable and stereotypical ways. Scenes in which Paige ruminates on Anthony's perfect gaydar and how everyone gay can instantly tell when someone else is gay were poorly thought out and almost insulting.
The handling of sexuality was unrealistic as well. Sometimes a book can be enjoyable and be totally ridiculous but this book failed to deliver. About half way through the book you can already predict how the book will end and I have a hard time imagining that even the younger audience that this book is intended for will not see the resolution coming a mile away.
This might have been a decent episode on a teeny bop television show, but as a YA novel it was pretty poor. I don't recommend it to anyone.
The story is about two best friends Paige and Anthony who have crushes on the new boy at school. They both want to date him, but before they can they have to find out: Is he or isn't he?
This was a terrible book. The characters were inflated stereotypes. Anthony was over the top campy drama queen with few chances for real character development. Paige had a bit more development through having conflicts with her mother, but still felt unrealistic, especially in her arguments with another character Paolo.
The plot of the book was very predictable and lackluster. If this had been a book about two girls who wanted to date the same boy it would have never been published. The characters behave in completely predictable and stereotypical ways. Scenes in which Paige ruminates on Anthony's perfect gaydar and how everyone gay can instantly tell when someone else is gay were poorly thought out and almost insulting.
The handling of sexuality was unrealistic as well. Sometimes a book can be enjoyable and be totally ridiculous but this book failed to deliver. About half way through the book you can already predict how the book will end and I have a hard time imagining that even the younger audience that this book is intended for will not see the resolution coming a mile away.
This might have been a decent episode on a teeny bop television show, but as a YA novel it was pretty poor. I don't recommend it to anyone.
