Hate List Book Review

Book: Hate List

Author: Jennifer Brown 

Pages: 405

Publisher: Little Brown

Released: September 1st 2009

Started: September 18th 2017

Finished: September 30th 2017

Goodreads: 5

About The Book

The book follows Valerie. A high school student whose boyfriend opened fire on the school canteen, killing students, a teacher and himself while injuring other. It follows Valerie during her senior year at high school, while also dipping back to the day in early May   

Review

This book dose have a hint of what happened at Colimbine High school.

I like the dipping in and out of what happened and present day. I like how even in the hardest of times new friendships are made, and old relationships end. Valerie to me is so brave to go back to a school where nobody likes her because of what had happened. 

Hate List has a lot of underlying messages that what happened at the school on that day brought out to the forefront. 

One of my favourite things in this book is the fact that Valerie could move on with her life and realize that people are helping her. It's hard to get over a loss of someone you loved, but sometimes finding friendship and Help in places you ever thought you would helps. 

In one of the chapters during the student council meeting where they are discussing what they'll do at graduation 🎓 a conversation comes up about if Nick is a victim. And I think it's a good question to ask because it's a double edged sword one one hand 🤚 he is while the other he's not. For me it's hard to say because I've been bullied but I would have never taken it as far as Nick had. 

The last few chapters always get me no matter how many times I read the book. I very rarely can read a book that I can see the charters as if they are standing in front of me like I can in this book and the graduation 🎓 part of the book is one that I can totally see on a big screen at the movies 🎥