A review by eilimeee
Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I found this story so emotional and it absolutely broke me. 
The beginning was a bit confusing for some reason and I had a hard adjusting and remembering all the new characters involved but it ended up being fine. 
The author really plays with the reader’s feelings: she introduces a horrible main character, she’s mean, self-centered, a horrible friend, jealous… and then the most traumatic thing happens to her. 
The contrast between her character before and after is truly heartbreaking even though she is hardly likable in the beginning.
I felt such ache for her as people around her just happen to be the most insensitive and inconsiderate people to ever exist including her parents. They made me feel such anger.
It is the only book that brought me to tears multiple times and the ending was even worse as it seems like everyone has just given up and she’s just looking for help and support and nobody seems to want to give her that. 
I don’t think I will ever recover from this book. 


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