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 I found this book heartbreaking and thought-provoking. First of all, it covers a topic that a lot of young adult have to deal with whether through their own experiences or those of others around them. This is a topic that few young adult novels have the courage to cover. I also appreciated that one of the main characters is half-black, as that is something I have never encountered in YA. 
 There are very few YA books told from a male perspective first of all, but it was also interesting to experience a male perspective on rape, and equally to analyze the effects of rape from the perspective of someone besides the victim. Before this book, I never thought of the way rape affects anyone besides the victim. 
 I wish I'd gotten to learn more about Ben, his life before meeting Ani and his personality. But I love that this novel isn't preachy. The road to recovery after rape is a long one, and I loved that the novel ends sort of unresolved. 
 This novel was honest even when the truth was ugly;showing that sometimes rape victims never get to learn the truth, someone as close to the victim as her boyfriend may doubt her story, and many rapists will not be persecuted/will not have to answer for their crimes in the court of law. 
 I finished this book feeling exhausted but awakened. The plausibility of Ani's story was devastating, and it was sad not being able to walk away with some sort of positive message, but I definitely learned a lot from this novel and I'm so glad I discovered it!