The writing is choppy yet it flows (that sounds really stupid.) It has a certain feel to it, a bit like “Yes, I’m a rough book, talking about rough stuff but you won’t feel like it’s rough it feels like silk, the words are silk.” It probably feels choppy because it’s split up into a course of seven days with a chapter from each characters perspective. But for this book all I’d heard were glowing reviews, so I was excited to delve into this book. Book’s that handle tough issues don’t normally get a great response or it gets a mixed response because people don’t know how they feel about the topic. This book handles an issue that is very close to my heart, as I was bullied for many years, so reading something like this is difficult but at the end I felt so glad reading it. … Where do I start? This is a good “Where do I start?” though. A hard-hitting and even-handed look at bullying and the issues facing teenagers today. Kez has plenty of problems too but she finds comfort in knowing she is better off than Jess – or so she thinks. Jess’s life is difficult enough without Kez picking on her – it’s turning school from a safe place into a nightmare. You won’t be able put it down until you’ve reached the conclusion. This bold, compelling and topical story about bullying is told from the perspective of the bully and the bullied. I thank you very much as the book has become one of my favourites for this year. Thanks to Scholastic for sending me this book, you are indeed very kind people, especially since we exchanged so many emails.
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