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A review by audreychamaine
The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher
3.0
The S-Word is definitely a "message" book. You can probably tell from the title. It shows how words can hurt and bullying has the power to lead to suicide. Suicide isn't the real "s-word" at stake here, though. It's the word "slut." When the story opens, Lizzie Hart has already committed suicide following her new reputation after she is caught with her best friend's boyfriend on prom night.
The S-Word was a bit like a more tolerable Thirteen Reasons Why. We learn the circumstances around Lizzie's death and reputation, and main character Angie is set on find every person who played a role and exposing them for who they are, including herself. What made this better, though, was the inclusion of Angie's own story. She's tormented by the death of her best friend, and by never forgiving her in life or asking what really happened on prom night. She feels that she failed her utterly, and would give anything to make it up. There's a bit of a twist toward the end that many readers will catch early on, but it proves that appearances can be deceiving.
Although I'm not too much of a person for message books, I adore books about revenge, and this fit the bill. The slow unveiling of the real story also drew me in as a reader, so I'd put this on the better side of decent YA contemporary novels, for entertainment's sake.
The S-Word was a bit like a more tolerable Thirteen Reasons Why. We learn the circumstances around Lizzie's death and reputation, and main character Angie is set on find every person who played a role and exposing them for who they are, including herself. What made this better, though, was the inclusion of Angie's own story. She's tormented by the death of her best friend, and by never forgiving her in life or asking what really happened on prom night. She feels that she failed her utterly, and would give anything to make it up. There's a bit of a twist toward the end that many readers will catch early on, but it proves that appearances can be deceiving.
Although I'm not too much of a person for message books, I adore books about revenge, and this fit the bill. The slow unveiling of the real story also drew me in as a reader, so I'd put this on the better side of decent YA contemporary novels, for entertainment's sake.