But acknowledges that these are her true feelings. She sometimes has sudden thoughts, knee-jerk reactions that she can't control, harsh or bitter thoughts that she is then surprised by. As a reader you are inside Romy's head, thinking things as she is thinking them.

Romy's voice is sharpened, hardened, it's so real and so strong, and it's the realness that makes the things she deals with so infuriating and heartbreaking. I could hear the small-town gossip spreading like wildfire, feel the claustrophobic encounters of a small population and see the prejudices of local law enforcement.Ĭourtney Summers' writing is sharp, as it needs to be to tell this story. Between Summers' words and media representations of this kind of place, I could imagine Grebe exactly. I was oriented in the setting completely. Grebe is small-town middle America, it's a world away from my tiny village in the English countryside, but I felt like I'd been there, like I was there. I can't exactly say that I enjoyed it, because I was burning with sadness and sickness and rage throughout, but it really is an excellent book.

With a shocking conclusion and writing that will absolutely knock you out, All the Rage examines the shame and silence inflicted upon young women after an act of sexual violence, forcing us to ask ourselves: In a culture that refuses to protect its young girls, how can they survive? īefore I get onto my thoughts on the topic, I'm going to talk about the book as a novel. Nobody believed her the first time-and they certainly won’t now - but the cost of her silence might be more than she can bear. But when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing after a party, and news of him assaulting another girl in a town close by gets out, Romy must decide whether she wants to fight or carry the burden of knowing more girls could get hurt if she doesn’t speak up. No one knows her name or her past there she can finally be anonymous. Branded a liar and bullied relentlessly by a group of kids she used to hang out with, Romy’s only refuge is the diner where she works outside of town. Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything-friends, family, and her community. The sheriff’s son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact.

All the rage by courtney summers