All the Rage

I'm kind of wavering between a 3.5 and a 4, because the ending was really good. Prose is amazing, raw, and powerful. Main reason I'm not rating higher is because I found the pacing slower than I would have liked, but overall the story is important and the echoes will stick with me. I won this book in a giveaway and I'm glad I read it–it's an important read, especially in this social climate.

FYI, there is a huge trigger warning for this book, abuse, bullying, and rape.

I don't even know what to say about this book. It was beyond infuriating and so real. The writing was beautiful and at the same time hauntingly disturbing. The fact that what Romy went through in this book is something so many people go through everyday is disgusting. This book is accurately named and while I made me so angry and upset to read, at the same time I loved it. This book is important. It showcases something our society typically shies away from. It is important that people see what victims of abuse and bullying, and everything else Romy went through.

This book is told post-trauma in Romy's point of view. We see her hate herself more and more as a result of something that was never her fault. I hated how everyone in the town treated her. It was horrible to read.

One thing that I found interesting about this book is that we never actually meet Kellan. I really liked this choice, because it focused the book solely on Romy's story. It kept the book about her and how she was dealing with it.

This book is adequately named due to the feelings it evoked in me. There were so many times where I was so aggravated at what Romy's was going through and how she did not think she could tell anyone what was going on with her. That upset me so much that she felt that alone that she could not share her life with someone.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through a giveaway