I had never heard of Tom Leevan before that day in June when I was hanging out in the library with some friends. My friend Maddie and I were recommending books to each other and she told me to read Random. I immediately got up to go get it because it sounded interesting. 
 Honestly I didn't actually know anything about the book going into it other than two of my friends loved it and something to do with suicide. The book was short so I was motivated to take a few hours out of my day to enjoy an easy read... or so I thought. I heard that the book was deep from Maddie but I didn't realize it was THAT deep. For days after I kept thinking about what I just read. 
 The main character of this book is a major jock. Normally in YA books jocks are male but Tori is female. She went into high school and immediately becomes one of the top players on her softball team. This leads to popularity and her ditching old friends. One of her friends comments on her Facebook posts and then everyone attacks him with rude comments. Tori is one of those bullies. 
 It is cool to read a book from the bullies point of view because normally it is from the victims point of view. You get a look into Tori's brain and you can see that she believes that she is innocent. 
 One night near midnight someone "randomly" calls her saying they will commit suicide if she doesn't give him one reason to live. During this night Tori learns a great deal about herself and the boy who was driven to suicide. 
 I think that I learned a lot while reading this book. A lot of people think that it is obvious to "the bully" what they are doing but sometimes it's not. Last year I had a friend who kept getting mad at me and for so long I couldn't see what I was doing wrong. No, I was not bullying but there were problems and stuff. It's eye opening to how naive people are about their actions. 
 I would recommend this to almost anything unless suicide talk is a trigger for you. It was a really quick read that will leave you thinking for days. I gave the book a 4/5 stars. 
 (As soon as I marked that I was currently reading this on Goodreads two people marked as to read. I feel powerful.)