OMG, wow, aside from all the NBA controversy, this was a power read. Cat sets out to find who beat up her best friend, Patrick, and left him for dead. Patrick is a gay teen in a small NC town, where the major industry is meth production. The story alternates between present day & past events. Ve...
4.5/5Will definitely re-read, this time paying more attention so I can write the review Shine deserves. Do I think it's necessarily for everyone? No, but I think that regardless of enjoyment, this is a book that people should read.Though... Cover Impressions: gorgeous cover and it's really lovely ho...
I rate this book 5 stars.Close your eyes. Imagine yourself alone, bloodied, the still night surrounding you. There's only the flickering of a small, lone light bulb right above you, but there's no one there - you are completely, utterly alone, beaten and bloodied, strapped to a gas pump with the wor...
This book was so sad and beautiful.More than that, the entire book, everything in and about it, was character-driven. It seemed real, not planned out and outlined, with little check-boxes ticked off. Each character was flawed, horribly flawed, and their interactions with each other, and themselves...
An interesting portrait of a small North Carolina town and the girl who pursues the mystery of who gay-bashed a friend. It reminded me a little of Winter's Bone.
Lauren Myracle's Shine made headlines last year for reasons other than the book itself, which is a shame, because it's a harsh ad stunning look at the blight overtaking many places in small-town America.The book begins as a mystery: Cat's former best friend is attacked at the mini-mart where he work...
4 1/2 stars. While this book dealt with a lot of difficult issues, it was an excellent story. I loved the multiple plot lines; between the mystery of Patrick's attack and Cat's own secret, there was never a dull moment. It was very quick paced which made the story just FLY by. Though there were plen...
What I loved:-Teaching that hate crimes are not okay, even if you are part of the group being hated on, especially if you fear what you hate most in yourself (see various studies done on homophobes actually being aroused by homoerotic porn 1 2)-Not everyone is perfect or as they seem, as much as you...
Rating: 2.5* of fiveThe Book Report: Cat's friend Patrick is a faggot. Everybody knows it in their little Southern town, and the usual crew of fucking redneck assholes make Patrick's life a hell of taunts and pranks. Cat does what she can, but she's a girl, and nobody helps her.Then one day, Patric...
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