Bully

Fall Away, Book 1

De: Penelope Douglas

Narrado por: Abby Craden

My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He'll barely refer to me at all, and he'll hardly ever speak to me. But he still won't leave me alone. We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got worse as time wore on. I even went to Europe for a year, just to avoid him. But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way I'll allow him to ruin another year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back.

©2013 Penelope Douglas (P)2014 Tantor

Great book , poor naration

What other book might you compare Bully to and why?

It reminds me a bit of Samantha Young novels.

Did Abby Craden do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

She did OK. Her inflection during narration was a bit off-putting.

Sweet

I don't approve of unmarried or under age sex. However, before it happened, I was fully entrenched in the storyline. So, a fair warning.

Now, Tate is very mature & some may scoff at that as she's only 17 through the majority of the book. I personally can attest that there are many young people who grow up & mature quickly. A hard life did that to me, so it's quite believable. I truly enjoyed knowing her inner thoughts and struggle to continue growing and to tackle those who not only bullied her but, also, with her own struggle yo not become a bully herself.

From the beginning, I knew that something traumatic had deeply scarred Jared when he was 14yrs old. Bullies 99% of the time have been abused. His acts of bullying may seem outrageous but truly his little pawn Maddox actually made me more upset. He had NO reason or excuse for what he did. He even admitted that he was the one who over did it without Jared even knowing. Being able to move on & forgive is a huge thing that many adults I know have never overcome. That itself really rang true with Tate's personality. I hope others can gain insight & grow themselves as they read her story.

Excellent story of true life happenings. Beautifully written and the narrator was perfect. :-)

My star ratings include these 5 elements:
1★ story line
1★ engaging characters
1★ use of world building/descriptive
1★ being well edited or narrated
1★ the ending

Narrator needs some acting classes

This narrator. I just. Sigh. She should stop attempting masculine voices. Just stop it. And, stop empathizing the last word of every sentence with a little looptie loop dip. Why are you so breathless? All. The. Time. Why?? I will be trying my best to avoid all her books going forward.

I enjoyed the story, mostly. I think it could have done with a little more progression to change. That part seemed off. I'm looking forward to reading his POV to, hopefully, fill in some gaps.

meh.. i wasn't wowed by this book

as a bully book goes, i guess it was ok, too much inner dialogue it got boring and predictable, the storyline was ok I'm underwhelmed

love

I have read the book but hearing it was so much more even though I would have a different voice for Jarred.