by E.K. Johnston
This book is brilliant and painful and beautiful and necessary and I read it in one sitting from midnight-ish to 3 am ish, lol.Let's start with the trigger warning, which is mildly spoilerish. There is rape (off the page/non-graphic), medical and police coverage of the aftermath, abortion and ptsd/e...
Because I'm not sure I'll be able to properly summarise this book without getting all teary-eyed (the hormones I'm currently injecting daily make my moods a bit of a roller-coaster), I am resorting to the blurb: Veronica Mars meets William Shakespeare in E.K. Johnston's latest brave and unforgetta...
Initial reaction: I am most definitely in the minority of opinions surrounding this book. Having said that, "Exit, Pursued by a Bear" definitely has its heart in the right place and I think had the intention of being an inspiring read with a protagonist who, in the aftermath of her rape, faces life ...
***This review has also been posted on The Social Potato This was not my first book by Johnston. I read A Thousand Nights last year and even though I didn’t love it, I fell in love with the author’s writing style so when I heard about this book, I KNEW I WANTED to read it. Little did I know at that ...
[content warning: both the book and this post contain discussion of sexual assault and rape. Skip this one if you need to. <3] Continuing this week’s theme, I can’t quite manage to review this one in the normal sense. It’s a book that I loved deeply and that I felt deeply, but which I’m having troub...
There is a lot of hype surrounding this book. And, I know I am of the unpopular opinion when I say I didn't love it. I definitely didn't hate it. But there was a bit of a disconnect for me with this story. Hermione Winters is just a normal high school girl. On the cheer-leading team, a wonderful ...
The author addresses some powerful subjects in this novel but I wasn’t all that impressed with the way the characters handled these topics. I felt I was only given the emotions that were visible, ones that others could see and that the deep, heartfelt emotions and energy were being left out. I enjoy...
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