Torn

Tornby Cat Clarke

Four girls. One dead body. A whole lot of guilt.Alice King isn’t expecting the holiday of a lifetime when she sets off with her classmates on a trip to the Scottish wilderness, but she’s not exactly prepared for an experience beyond her darkest nightmares…Alice and her best friend Cass are stuck in a cabin with Polly, the social outcast, and Rae, the moody emo-girl. Then there’s Tara – queen of mean. Powerful, beautiful and cruel, she likes nothing better than putting people down.Cass decides it’s time to teach Tara a lesson she’ll never forget. And so begins a series of events that will change the lives of these girls forever... (goodreads.com)

(Yet another book from February that I'm just getting around to writing about...sigh)I bought this book forever ago and it took a while for me to pick it up. When I did pick it up it was a quick read and although it wasn't as suspenseful as I'd hoped for, it wasn't bad.Oh, isn't horrible that I read this so long ago, I don't have much to say about it? Bah. What I can recall, Cass didn't seem to be all that likable and Polly has some crackers loose and she terrified me by the end of the book.I also found Alice to be a little crazy, but I can understand how she had so many emotions going on that she was a little bit manic in her decisions. I didn't feel sorry for her, because I think she shouldn't have kept so many secrets in the first place, but I could see reason for her actions more than others.Mostly, I found this story to be a depressing example of how people can behave when it comes to bullying. Bullying went many ways in this story and although that's probably not what I was supposed to take away from it, it's what I felt in the end.What a messed up bunch of people. Geez.Since I have been taking forever to read books and get into books (I have so many started, with bookmarks in them, but nothing's sticking...) this was an escape for a few hours, even if it didn't really wow me, I was able to read it cover to cover. Good job, book!