BY AMBER SMITH
NARRATED BY REBEKKAH ROSS
THE DETAILS❐
❐ AFTER-AFFECTS OF A RAPE...❐ WHAT IT COULD DO TO A PERSON IF THEY DON'T REPORT IT❐ A DOWNWARD SPIRAL❐ GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF RAPE❐ LENGTH OF AUDIO ➯ 9 HOURS, 37 MINUTES❐ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
A very raw look at the aftermath of the rape, one where you know your rapist and what it could do to you to never report it....never tell anyone...just let it fester inside of you. Told with exerts from each year of high school exposing her deep downward spiral.
The narration is performed very well by Rebekkah Ross...she made listening to the story effortlessly easy. Which is exactly what you want your narrator to be like.
While this is a tuff listen, dealing with a really tuff subject, something about it didn't sit well with me, and not the obvious (the rape itself) something, either. It was the telling of the story, I don't know if I was convinced that this is how it would have played out...there were elements in the story that never really get addressed; why didn't she do this...or why did she do that. It's difficult to explain without giving it away, but overall it was an enlightening story that was more about the shame she put on herself, and how she self-destructs because of it.
P.S. I loved Josh...he was almost too good to be true, though...
BREAKDOWN❐Narration ➯ 4½ STARSPlot ➯ 4/5Characters ➯ 4/5The Feels ➯ 4.2/5Pacing ➯ 3.5/5Addictiveness ➯ 4.5/5Theme, Tone or Intensity ➯ 4/5Originality/Believability ➯ 3.7/5Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ➯ 4.5/5Ending ➯ 4.3/5SUMMATION ➯ 4¼ STARS
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