Review: frustrating book but well worth the read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
Honestly, at some points in the book I would have given it a three heart for the simple purpose of how can this author keep having Bailey continue to be abused by so many people and NO ONE did anything about it.  The police wasn't called, the school appeared to have only a handful of staff members yet NO ONE saw anything.  She was able to be so beaten that she had to spend days in the hospital and yet NO ONE reported it to the staff or police.  I was getting so furious because she was telling her story to people, she was trying to let them know that she had no place that was she safe and NO ONE did anything to stop this abuse.  Needless to say I was so furious at that point I was about to throw the kindle across the room, but I love my kindle too much.Then I found myself slowly getting it, why no one reported it.  Why she was always the victim and there were a couple of times I gasped out loud and had my family looking at me like I had inhaled a fly or something.  If you can get through the part when everyone turned their heads and wait for the pieces to all fall in place you will see why I am giving this book a four heart.  I will insert here that the only reason I am not giving it a five heart rating is I think the victim role was carried to far and I really hope all readers will finish the book to understand why it was done like this.Now the ending.  If you hate cliff hangers you will want to wait till the whole trilogy is out because this was the mother of all cliff hangers. I finished the last page and sat there staring at it like the next page would magically appear.  I can tell you, if you are loving books that tug at every emotion you have then this is the one for you.  I really admire that she took such a topic as bullying and school shootings and gave us a glimpse into the mind of the victim of bullying.  I don't agree with any sort of violence, I will stand against any form of bullying, but I don't think society can risk in this day and age, to continue to hide from that fact that abuse and bullying push kids to do the unimaginable things.  Does this make the shooters bad kids?  I would have said yes two days ago, now I have to stop and re-evaluate that decision.