Only, while Allie might not be able to remember the night of the accident - the cotillion dance, the drive afterwards - she does remember the abuse she suffered at the hands of Trip. Trip died in the accident that sent his truck plunging off the seaside cliff - Allie survived but with no memory of the night or the accident.Now, as she's recovered enough from her injuries to return to school nearly everyone seems to expect her to miss Trip as much as they do and in the same way.
Read moreĪllie's small town of Pacific Cliff's is mourning the death of her boyfriend, its golden boy, Trip. I highly recommend it to those who like dark YA stories with depth. This book is beautiful, as suggested by the title, and excruciating. If reading about abuse doesn't interest you, there's also a murder mystery. This is a beautifully written book on an incredibly dark topic. Jennifer Shaw Wolf definitely made me tear up.
His influence on her is so obvious this is why we can relate to her so well, and feel with her. Memories of him flit constantly through her head, judging her and terrifying her, continuing to hurt her in the only way he now can. In her every word and thought, you can feel the specter of Trip hanging over her head. What made this book work, I think, was definitely Allie's character. No one deserves to be abused, and, if you suspect it, do something.carefully. Not to get all preachy, but seriously, ladies, do not let anyone do this to you. ALL of my rage goes to Trip and to all of the people who suspected what was going on and didn't say anything. In no way will I judge her for not reacting a certain way. She behaved the way she did because she went through so much emotional and physical abuse. BUT there is no way I could not feel completely sympathetic towards her. Sometimes I wanted to cry and ask her what she was thinking. I do not want to think too much about what this change in my tastes says about me.Īllie definitely doesn't handle things the way she should have. I've been reading a lot of these lately, and apparently I love them, even though as a younger reader I mostly only liked happy books. Good job, Bloomsbury!īreaking Beautiful is another one of those books that falls into the 'wonderful but so depressing it will feel like you're being eviscerated emotionally' category. Although the cover didn't capture my interest, I am impressed, now having read the book, with how much more accurate it is than most. Breaking Beautiful captured my interest right from the beginning, and the continued to suck me more and more. After my last Apocalypsies read was such a disappointment, I was a little worried that my streak of awesome reads from those guys might be over.
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