Story of a Girl
Story of a Girlby Sara ZarrAt the age of 13, Deanna was caught by her father having sex with 17-year old Tommy in his car. Since then her life has never been the same. Her father can't even look her in the eye, she's been living with the reputation of school slut for the last three years, not just in school but in the small town she lives in. Her mother seems to pretend nothing ever happened and her older brother Darren has his own mistakes to account for and now lives in the basement with his girlfriend and their newborn daughter.There's much more to the story, but it's just as suffocating and heavy as what's written above. Sure teen pregnancy and teen sex are pretty huge topics and not at all to be taken lightly, but I just couldn't find a comfort zone while reading this book. I really liked the character of Deanna, however I just can't handle dark and heavy topics when they are not written with wit and humour. I don't like books where I feel just as trapped reading the story as the character in the book is trapped in her (or his) life.I am way too sensitive for real life issues. :)Sadly, reading this book felt like chore and NOT because of the story or writing, because if I look at them separate to the feeling of the book they are excellent! I didn't not like this book because it sucked, I didn't like this book because it made me way too uncomfortable with all the drama and angst and feeling trapped with nowhere to go.The book wasn't even boring, which is what I thought at first when I started reading it, but then I quickly realized that I was trying to distance myself from the way I felt the story was going to go. I knew quickly how anxious this book would make me, but I made sure I read all the way through to get the full picture and perhaps not react as negatively as I thought I was going to.But that didn't happen. I won't go as far as to say I hated this book, because I didn't. Not really. I did like it for what it was, an excellently written and told story of a girl trapped in her life trying desperately to claw her way out. But I didn't like it at all for being the kind of book that made me feel just as trapped.If that makes any sense?