By Julie Anne Peters
Published January 10th 2010 by Hyperion
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Synopsis borrowed from Goodreads:
Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she’s determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a website for “completers”— www. through-the-light.com.
While she’s on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she’s not on the Web, Daelyn’s at her private school, where she’s known as the freak who doesn’t talk.
Then, a boy named Santana begins to sit with her after school while she’s waiting to for her parents to pick her up. Even though she’s made it clear that she wants to be left alone, Santana won’t give up. And it’s too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life…isn’t it?
National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters shines a light on how bullying can push young people to the very edge.
Darkfallen's thoughts:
This is one of those books that is hard to read....but you need to read it.
Daelyn has been bullied her entire, ENTIRE life. Ever since she was a little girl she has been over weight and all the kids at school pick on her and torment her until there is no end...literally.
I think this book did all the things that Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why couldn't. It made me feel for Daelyn and even come to understand why she is where she is. There is just a connection there that latched on to me and made really think Suicide might have been my choice too if I were in her shoes. This is a story about a very real problem that all to often goes unnoticed, bullying. From the name calling, to the stuff that crosses over into the physical and sexual assault poor Daelyn has had to endure this torture everyday for as long as she can remember. Even when she went to fat camp one year the bullying from the camp counselors just makes me sick. To top that off she has never had a single friend in her entire life!
Can you imagine never having a single solitary friend...ever?! While I have had my ups and downs like the rest of the world, in the friends department I couldn't imagine being completely without any. That just breaks my heart. How can people be so damn cruel? So it was no surprise to me that Daelyn has tried to commit suicide three times already and is now planning her fourth. Sometimes there is just no other options left when your a 16 year old girl that doesn't have anyone.
That is until she meets Santanta...
Ok so I am not going to give this whole book away. I think you need to read it for yourself to see what I am talking about. I will tell you that the reason this didn't get 5 stars from me is because of the ending. Again I can't tell you what that was but that if left me going WTF?! Still overall I think you should pick this book up and really give it a go. It just might change the way you see things in the world...
Daelyn has been bullied her entire, ENTIRE life. Ever since she was a little girl she has been over weight and all the kids at school pick on her and torment her until there is no end...literally.
I think this book did all the things that Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why couldn't. It made me feel for Daelyn and even come to understand why she is where she is. There is just a connection there that latched on to me and made really think Suicide might have been my choice too if I were in her shoes. This is a story about a very real problem that all to often goes unnoticed, bullying. From the name calling, to the stuff that crosses over into the physical and sexual assault poor Daelyn has had to endure this torture everyday for as long as she can remember. Even when she went to fat camp one year the bullying from the camp counselors just makes me sick. To top that off she has never had a single friend in her entire life!
Can you imagine never having a single solitary friend...ever?! While I have had my ups and downs like the rest of the world, in the friends department I couldn't imagine being completely without any. That just breaks my heart. How can people be so damn cruel? So it was no surprise to me that Daelyn has tried to commit suicide three times already and is now planning her fourth. Sometimes there is just no other options left when your a 16 year old girl that doesn't have anyone.
That is until she meets Santanta...
Ok so I am not going to give this whole book away. I think you need to read it for yourself to see what I am talking about. I will tell you that the reason this didn't get 5 stars from me is because of the ending. Again I can't tell you what that was but that if left me going WTF?! Still overall I think you should pick this book up and really give it a go. It just might change the way you see things in the world...
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