Sunday, January 25, 2015

            Right now I am reading "The Hate List" by Jennifer Brown. I like to read books about strange experiences or adventures but this book is a bit out of my comfort zone. I have never read anything like this before. This book is about the life of Valerie Leftman just before, during, and after a shooting at her school. It wouldn't anything like you would expect, because the school shooter was Nick, her boyfriend. Valerie and Nick were outsiders. They dressed, acted, and were treated different from everyone else along with their friends. 
            They were bullied by people in their school and that really took a toll on them. They hated those people. They talked about hurting them and made a list of everyone they hated, the hate list. To Valerie they list, the way they talked about  hurting them, it was all a joke, a way of letting their feelings out. But to Nick it was all real all to real. As he was shooting people that day, Valerie jumped in front of an almost victim and saved her life by taking the bullet in her thigh. Right before she jumped in front of the person she was screaming at him to stop. He just turned around and said "Don't you remember our plan?" As the shooting is investigated they find Nick and Valerie's conversations. So many people see her as a murderer. But a few see her as a hero. I am very intrigued to see how this story plays out.