I've only ever cried in 2 books, and this was one of them (the other one was Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher). So, just an overview, and i'll try really hard not to give away the plot for those of you who have not read it yet.
Kate's been bullied for as long as she can remember, and consequently she's learned to hide in the shadows. Home is worse than school, due to her abusive mother and alcoholic father. Life hasn't been good since she was 9, and the loss of her only friend, Henry, didn't help.
It's now her senior year, and Henry has returned to find Kate a shadow of the bright, fun girl she once was. He's appalled by the bullying that is occurring to Kate and stops it and tries to earn her trust. Kate is doubtful and questions Henry's motives, even as she tries to fight the attraction.
That's all I feel I can safely say without going psycho and telling everybody everything I know about this book. Some of the reason's I like this book:
1) I feel that Cindy managed to stay realistic, at least in Kate's ideals, throughout the story. I know from personal experience that it's hard to stay true to real life and resist the temptation of a perfect cliche world. I comment Cindy on that, no matter how hard it may have been, and only hope that I find a Henry one day.
2) The characters had depth and many different layers, even though I think that some of those layers may not have been exposed, but there's definitely room for them and, if I wanted to there would be lot's of room for expansion.
3) Just one more point, even though I'm sure there's lot's more, is the way that she stuck with it. I was about 48% of the way through (my kindle is an AMAZING thing) and I thought it was gonna finish soon, so imagine my surprised delight when it continued for another 52% (I know I shouldn't be surprised, but you'd be amazed how many books finish and have the last 10% as a sneak-peak at another book, and yes, I know 53% was probably a stretch but, hey, I'm me!)
Well, i'm going to just make one final comment, READ THIS BOOK!!
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