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A review by melissch
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston
3.0
3.5 -- A good introduction to an extremely important and timely topic. I enjoyed reading this book, but I think it only lightly skimmed some of the issues--Hermione had an amazing support system and got all of the medical care she needed. While that is the ideal scenario for anyone who has been raped, it's unfortunately not the majority.
It also bugged me that we don't find out who her rapist is until the very end of the book, so he's portrayed in a way that makes him an anonymous bogey man rather than the real-life scum bag of a human being that he is.
But while I wish E.K. Johnston had gotten a bit more real in the trials Hermione faces, she does give really good example of how to support someone you may know who has been raped. So def still worth a read.
And dat cover doe. LOVE IT.
It also bugged me that we don't find out who her rapist is until the very end of the book, so he's portrayed in a way that makes him an anonymous bogey man rather than the real-life scum bag of a human being that he is.
But while I wish E.K. Johnston had gotten a bit more real in the trials Hermione faces, she does give really good example of how to support someone you may know who has been raped. So def still worth a read.
And dat cover doe. LOVE IT.