Asking For It in Anti Bullying Week Readathon

Jul 02, 2016 Mel González rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, beautiful-writing, trigger-warning, ya

“They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest.”

This was probably one of the most frustrating, thought provoking and amazingly written books I've ever read. I think the way it was done, from beginning to end, was a commentary on today's society and rape culture that we see every day and overall it made my blood boil.

There was a big issue here that was obvious during the entire book: that the the rape victim is normally the one who have t ...more

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Oct 10, 2015 Hayley Sprout rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, young-adult, 2015

So, so, so, so important.

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Oct 21, 2015 Emma Petfield rated it it was amazing

I have read and reviewed Louise’s first book Only Ever Yours. After having done so I immediately went to Waterstones and bought her newest release and I have no regrets.

Asking For It left me, much like O’Neill’s first novel, with an overwhelming sadness for the protagonist, Emma. I feel that the expectation is that you read a book and at the end all the things you worry about or leave you at the end of your metaphorical cliff will be resolved but O’Neill’s refreshing take on this will (or it did ...more

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Mar 15, 2018 S rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: in-english, ya

Definitely not an easy read but also definitely a book that as many people as possible should read. I wasn't the biggest fan of the way it was written sometimes but the topic is far more important than that and I think Louise O'Neill does a good job at showing the effects a rape can have on everyone involved. In my opinion, the fact that the second half of the book sometimes gets a bit repetitive only helps to accomplish that. ...more

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