Maybe I'm just too much of a Gossip Girl / Pretty Little Liars chick. Good heavens I hope I didn't use a credit on it. I don't remember how much I paid for it, but if it was more than about $6 then I paid too much. The ending didn't affect me one way or the other. ~~YAWN~~ The book was interesting enough that I listened with mild attentiveness. She made friends with someone she used to be enemies with, but just casually.

She had problems but worked them out just like you or I would. Her mom was worried about her but not freaky obsessed. The kids at school were wary of her but nothing dramatic. Reading it was like literally sitting next to a real-life girl and listening to her talk to her therapist.

You know - drama! Yeah, not with this book. However, I was expecting some over-the-top issues to arise, unrealistic obstacles for her to overcome, ridiculously excessive hatred from her classmates. This book is about a girl in high school who's dealing with life after her boyfriend commits a school shooting then turns the gun on himself. I hate questions like 'if you could sum this up in three words.' I'm not a beauty pageant contestant, I don't think like that. If you could sum up Hate List in three words, what would they be? I Didn't HATE It, But Not Super In Love With It. Jennifer Brown's critically acclaimed novel now includes the bonus novella Say Something, another arresting Hate List story. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family, former friends, and the girl whose life she saved, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life. Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. For listeners of Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It Ends, a powerful and timely contemporary classic about the aftermath of a school shooting.įive months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria.

Hate list by jennifer brown