![]() The supporting characters in this book feel very real and distinct. At night, she escapes to her job at a restaurant at the next town over, where her reputation doesn't follow her like a cloud of dust. Thankfully, Romy has the support of her mother - though they aren't extremely close, as Romy keeps everyone at arm's length - and she makes it through every school day with gritted teeth. Her complaints tossed aside like so much dirt, the case not pursued, Romy lost the respect of her peers, who think she made it all up, and her best friend, who is dating the sheriff's other son. Not a lot of time, right? And yet so much can and will and does happen in that time.Ī year ago, Romy was raped by a golden boy, the son of the town sheriff. ![]() The action then shifts back in time two weeks and goes from there. Within three short pages, we learn this all happened a year ago, that this is a flashback, as we abruptly shift to first-person narrative and are brought into the here and now, where and when something has taken place that makes same girl feel even more ashamed and lost. Courtney Summers' latest novel All the Rage begins in third-person narrative, detailing what happened to a girl at a party - at a table - in a truck - at the hands of the boy she thought she liked. ![]()
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