Title: Until It Hurts To Stop
Author: Jennifer R. Hubbard
Pages: 246
Publisher: Viking
Year Published: 2013
First Line: “My friend Nick reaches across the cafeteria table and drops a knife
into my hand. ‘Happy birthday, Maggie.’”
“When you can’t trust anyone, how can you
ever feel safe?
In seventh grade, Maggie Camden was the
class outcast. Every day, the other girls tripped her, pinched her, trapped her
in the bathroom, told her she would be better off dead. Four years have passed
since then, and Maggie’s tormentors seem to have moved on. The ringleader of
them all, Raleigh
Barringer, even moved out of town. But Maggie has never stopped watching for
attacks, and every laugh still sounds like it’s at her expense.
The only time Maggie feels at peace is when
she’s hiking up in the mountains with her best friend, Nick. Lately, though
there’s a new sort of tension between the two of them- a tension both dangerous
and delicious. But how can Maggie expect anything more out of Nick when all she’s
ever been told is tat she’s ugly, she’s pathetic, she’s unworthy of love? And
how can she ever feel safe, now that Raleigh
Barringer is suddenly0terrifyingly- back in town?”
My Rating: 5/5
I haven’t read a
book that touched me this much in while and I loved it. This book was a
giveaway from Goodreads, the user being Jennifer, as in Jennifer R. Hubbard. I
was impressed and must say that a book that surrounds the aftermath of bullying
isn’t common, or at least I haven’t found one yet. And I doubt there will be
one that can hold a candle to this one. I loved the story line, setting and
mainly the characters.
As someone who has
been bullied in the past (haven’t we all) I felt in sync with Maggie. Until
someone has picked on you, I’m not sure you understand what one mean/rude
sentence can do to someone’s self esteem. I think this is a book that all
teenagers need to read, because it is obvious that the bullying problem isn’t
getting any better. In fact, it might be getting worse (damn the internet for
introducing the cowardly bully). So that this book should be able to reach out
to all different kinds of kids in itself is amazing.
THANK YOU JENNIFER
R. HUBBARD FOR SHOWING THAT BULLYING DOESN’T STICK WITH A PERSON FOR THE
MOMENT, IT’S THERE FOR LIFE! (Oh and the book itself!)
Thanks for reading,
Love,
Sidny xoxo
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