We took it for granted that two creatures met and mated and made another creature, when we would not expect a cloud or a fire or a cooking pot to be fashioned in the same way.
– Maggie Stiefvater, All the Crooked Saints, page 181
Version:
Hardcover, 311 pages
Published October 10th 2017 by Scholastic Press
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse
I won’t call this an easy read by any means, but it was so good I read through it all in one sitting, unable to put it down. I really like the way Mindi Scott chose to represent the story. Coley doesn’t act how most people might expect someone in her situation to act, but that’s why it’s so important that this book is out there: because there is no “way to act” in this situation and people in Coley’s place are still victims. The subject matter is sensitive, but I definitely recommend this book to everyone, whether they are YA fans or not.
I will say, don’t go into this expecting an uplifting narrative about a girl getting help and healing from her abuse, because this book isn’t about that part of Coley’s story. Spoiler: [start] In fact, Scott ends the book right as Coley is about to tell her mom what’s been happening, so we have no idea what happens after that. [end]
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Live Through This by Mindi Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse
You can also check out my Mini-Review here.
The concept of perfection exists only so that we have something to strive toward: Impossibility is built into it which is why we call it perfect instead of extremely good.
– Maggie Stiefvater, All the Crooked Saints, page 139
Version:
Hardcover, 311 pages
Published October 10th 2017 by Scholastic Press
Layers of concealer, foundation, powder, and blush aren’t hiding the mark on my cheek, none of the hairstyles I’ve attempted will stay in place to cover it, and a bandage would only make my family ask more questions.
– Mindi Scott, Live Through This, page 166
Version:
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published October 2nd 2012 by Simon Pulse
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Note: Also published as On Fortune’s Wheel.
The Tale of Birle by Cynthia Voigt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Perhaps without trees or cities to dampen the enormity of the feelings, they spread out hugely.
– Maggie Stiefvater, All the Crooked Saints, page 88
Version:
Hardcover, 311 pages
Published October 10th 2017 by Scholastic Press
She was eighteen years old, a hippie Madonna with dark hair parted evenly on either side of her face, a nose shaped like a J, and a small, enigmatic mouth that men would probably describe as a rosebud but Beatriz would describe as “my mouth.”
– Maggie Stiefvater, All the Crooked Saints, page 7
Version:
Hardcover, 311 pages
Published October 10th 2017 by Scholastic Press
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