Just Listen

The book I read was called 'Just Listen' By Sarah Dessen. It was amazing. I loved it. It's about this teenage girl, Annabel Greene. She's a model and has been since she was 3. She has 2 other sisters. One of her sisters, Whitney, almost dies from anorexia. Meanwhile, that summer her ex-best friend, Sophie, accuses her of sleeping with her boyfriend at a party; but really, he tries raping her. Sophie gets the whole school against her, or as Annabel thinks, with all the rumors being said. She thinks life can't get much worse. She hates her modeling carer, but she doesn't have the heart to tell her mother. After her mother's mother died, she was depressed as is.

Annabel goes to lunch and always sits against the brick wall, alone. Till she sees this one guy, Owen. He's tall, strong and really scary looking. He always has his headphones in. One day, Annabel got in sort of a mash-up with Sophie at the end of the day and Owen comes over and asks her if she's OK, gives her a tissue, and brings her home. Since that day, they become the best of friends. She tells him things about her life that are very secretive, without knowing what she's doing. They talk about music, and she listens to his radio show every morning at 7:00 am. She goes to his radio show one morning and tells him what happened at the party, for the first time ever telling someone. He convinces her to go to trial about it. After testifying, things get better for Annabel, and for her family, too. Her sister is healing just as quick, also.

I loved this book so much. Not because it's pretty much like a chick-flick, but it's just really moving and awesome. I honestly did not hate anything about this book. I could not put it down. I would recommend this book to someone who likes drama, chick-flicks, and girly-emotional stuff. It's not a series, and it was really quick to read because it was just so good, and couldn't put it down. The book is only about 300 and something pages. Not too long. The book was not unusual, it's about the real world. These things happen.

Quotations

"I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be riskier, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.

"There's a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you. -Rolly"

"What are you like then, Annabel. A lier like you told me that first day? Come on. That was the biggest lie of all."

"Silence is freakin' loud!"

"If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. But being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean."