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Wow. It's a super meaningful book. It's a good read for teenagers and adults. It talks about a sensitive topic: domestic violence. Everyone could totally learn from this book. Basically, Alex, the main character falls in love with the boy Nick. But he starts abusing her. She lets it go without comment to him. It gets worse and worse. He distances her from her two best friends who stuck by her through all her hardships. He keeps on abusing her til at the end he's forced to stop. -Read the book and you'll find out why!

So I have major issues with Alex's character. Like I feel that she has absolutely no backbone! She lets him hit her, once. Twice. A few times. Without even breaking up with him! She's like a pushover. But otherwise, it's an amazing book. In fact, all of Jennifer Brown's books are. I bought the Hate List. That is an even better book than this one. If you enjoyed this book, than I definitely recommend that one! I'm on a buying rampage to read all her books, because they deliver such powerful messages and lessons to teens and adults alike. This book is a must read and I highly recommend it.


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Bitter End Jennifer Brown Books Reviews

Again another moving story by Jennifer Brown. You often hear of spouse abuse but never imagine it happening to a teen. Although abuse is very real and may not be as common in teen relationships, it does happen. This is a great book for girls to read so that it helps them recognize what can happen in an abusive relationship and given them the confidence to know that it does happen. Like I said a must read.
Jennifer Brown did not disappoint! I loved this book! Every teen aged boy or girl should read this book! Brown was not afraid to write about abuse from the perspective of a teenage girl. The story was very eye-opening and as usual Brown took a tough subject and wrote about it in a respectful and informative way. The writing was not overly gratuitous but rather showed the reader an accurate and at times very scary look into an abusive relationship. Brown has shown again why she is my favorite author!
I liked the characters and if I were in Alex's shoes I think I would've been the exact same in the situation. Maybe stand up for myself all little !ore though. I've read one other book of Jennifer Brown it was A Thousand Words. It was a great book and taught me a lot.
I bought this book because I just wrote a book myself -- A work of fiction based on the life story of a friend of mine.

I wanted to check out my competition. I was shocked to discover such a small set of competitors. For instance, there are only 66 books in the teen fiction section with a tag of "Abuse" and that includes drug abuse as well, and only three returned for "Dating Violence". This is a shocking number. No wonder so many girls fall into the trap of abuse. We simply are not preparing them.

At the end of MY book, I am going to have a recommended reading section. "Bitter End" is definately going to be on that list. It is accurate, AND well written. Yes, it may cause some of the audience a little bit of discomfort to read it, but if it keeps a girl from entering into an abusive relationship in the first place, I'd choose for her to have a moment's discomfort any day.

I should note I have no afiliation with and have never met this author. Since I would recommend my competition ("Bitter End"), then that's saying something about it.
This is a great book for youth and for adults. Paints the real picture of what abuse looks like. Cole can be charming but it's all for show. I think all young adults should be required to read this or something similar. You can really feel for Alex throughout the journey. This author writes about real issues in young people's lives. The first book I read by her was "Hate List." That novel dealt with the aftermath of a girl who was involved with a school shooter. Bitter End starts out a bit slower, however but it has a purpose to this. It shows how slow abuse and actions can effect people. If Cole was an awful person from the beginning, Alex wouldn't have loved him. Each tale by Jennifer Brown is dynamic and beautiful. They suck you in for the first paragraph. I do not recommend for younger then about ninth grade. They are books about deeper issues. As a mental health graduate, I think these should be on required summer reading lists nation wide.
Hate List by Jennifer Brown made me an instant fan. It was thought provoking and very well done. As soon as I heard about Bitter End I knew I had to read it as soon as possible. I wasn't at all disappointed with Brown's second book. Bitter End is just as thought provoking as her first book.

Alex is a very lonely girl. Even though she has a father, a sister and two best friends she feels alone in the world. That's why when this seemingly perfect, romantic boy makes her the center of his universe she falls head over heels. As Alex and Cole get closer she starts having less and less time for her best friends. Then things start getting tense between them, and Cole starts showing his true colors.

The progression from euphoric love to terrifying violence in this book was flawlessly done. I have never been in a violet relationship so I'm not speaking from any kind of experience, but I think the way things played out was completely believable and realistic. Jennifer Brown did a great job of making you hate Cole, but also making you understand why Alex stayed with him.

Alex was a good main character. She was somewhat naive, but probably no more than any other girl her age. She was a very sympathetic character. Her best friends on the other hand drove me insane. They were very, very immature. They were supposed to be 17 or so, but acted like they were 11 or 12. They were always picking on each other, and tickling each other. That just didn't seem like realistic actions for people their age. Cole was very fleshed out. He was so well done that you wanted to believe that he had changed just like Alex did.

Overall, this was a great story about a very hard subject. Jennifer Brown did a fantastic job telling it.
Wow. It's a super meaningful book. It's a good read for teenagers and adults. It talks about a sensitive topic domestic violence. Everyone could totally learn from this book. Basically, Alex, the main character falls in love with the boy Nick. But he starts abusing her. She lets it go without comment to him. It gets worse and worse. He distances her from her two best friends who stuck by her through all her hardships. He keeps on abusing her til at the end he's forced to stop. -Read the book and you'll find out why!

So I have major issues with Alex's character. Like I feel that she has absolutely no backbone! She lets him hit her, once. Twice. A few times. Without even breaking up with him! She's like a pushover. But otherwise, it's an amazing book. In fact, all of Jennifer Brown's books are. I bought the Hate List. That is an even better book than this one. If you enjoyed this book, than I definitely recommend that one! I'm on a buying rampage to read all her books, because they deliver such powerful messages and lessons to teens and adults alike. This book is a must read and I highly recommend it.