Language: R (100+ swears, 56 “f”); Mature Content: PG-13 (revenge porn, sexual harassment, teens drinking); Violence: PG-13 (mention of sexual assault, vandalism, bullying)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS-OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
11th grader Margot Mertz has a reputation for being able to clean your filth off the internet. She has been hired by students, teachers - even a local weatherman - to remove embarrassing pictures from the web. But when she’s hired by Shannon, a fellow student, to take down some leaked nudes, she comes across a revenge porn site of girls from her school. And this makes her angry!
I very much enjoyed this story. I was trying to figure out who was behind the revenge porn site right along with Margot. I love that this book didn’t end in a nice, neat package, because this is a real issue and there are rarely sweet, happy endings when dealing with these types of issues. But there was resolution and hope for the victims at the end. As far as the language goes, it’s interesting to note that there were only 10 f-words in the first 200 pages, then 46 in the last 165. The f-words were indicative of how angry she felt when she found out who was behind the revenge porn site.
Margot is a middle class white girl. Best friend, Sammi, is Dominican. Avery, another main character, is biracial.
Reviewer: J. Rosskopf
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment