Red Tears is intense ..... I'll quote from the blurb: "I open the box. Inside it is softness and steel. Tissues and blades." Basically this is all you need to know. It's a story about self-harm. This is my problem with the book. That's all it is. Emily is a fifteen, going on sixteen year old, st...
I had no idea how this book was going to pan out or whether I would even like it when I first picked it up at my college library, but I did know instantly that the size of Out and the synopsis made my decision easy to make, and so I chose to take it out and give it a go. My first guess on this book...
Compared to other books on the subject, I found this the most realistic and sensitively handled. The lack, or apparent lack, of a life-changing tragedy to cause the character's behaviour is another strength and realistic detail I empathised with. An excellent British YA 'issue' novel. A warning thou...
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