Twisted

by Laurie Halse Anderson | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780670061013 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingbooklady331wing of Cape Coral, Florida USA on 6/10/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by wingbooklady331wing from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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Journal Entry 2 by wingbooklady331wing from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Monday, August 17, 2009
Tyler Miller returns for his senior year with a new buff bod, courtesy of the manual community service he was forced to perform for graffitting the school. To his surprise, Bethany Milsbury starts paying attention to him. This causes conflict with Bethany's twin brother Chip, and is complicated by the fact that Bethany's dad is his father's boss. When he rejects her drunken advances at a party, things become complicated when anonymous nude camera photos of Bethany wind up on the Internet. Suddenly, the police are paying attention to the former school defacer and he faces hostility from the other students. Like Melinda in "Speak," he has a dysfunctional family and minimal support from peers and adults. As he begins to implode from the pressure, finding a way to clear his name and stand up to the bullies in his life looks more and more difficult.

The bullies and Bethany, the school princess, were stereotypes. Other messages were basically what we've seen in teen movie after teen movie. Abusing your kid is bad because he will eventually snap. Rich people are soulless, decadent zombies. I wanted Tyler to make the right choices until the end, but felt it painted an inaccurate portrait of what recovering from clinical depress is like. It's usually two steps forward and four steps back at a time for the average person. You don't just reach a turning point, gain the ability to stand up to anyone in your way, and then your tormentors start backing down in record numbers. Melinda's journey from victim to survivor in "Speak" was far more believable because it took place over an entire school year, not a semester like in "Twisted."

Some reviewers have written about the great message this book sends. I disagree. Standing up to one's abusive parent is NOT the same as facing a school bully or even a school authority figure, like a principal, and to imply that it is does a disservice to people who are victims of child abuse. Threatening one's father with a baseball bat probably won't have the same effect as it does in the book, i.e. Domineering Dad bursting into tears and apologizing for years of cruelty. If they were capable of feeling such remorse, they probably wouldn't be abusing you that badly in the first place. Right?. Taking Tyler's route might make you feel like more of a "man," but you're likely to wind up on the streets or in the hospital.



Journal Entry 3 by wingbooklady331wing at By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Monday, August 17, 2009

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Journal Entry 4 by CdnBlueRose from Steinbach, Manitoba Canada on Monday, September 14, 2009
Thanks for the surprise RABCK package, booklady331! I've enjoyed a couple of Laurie Halse Anderson books and I'm looking forward to reading more. I'll pass along when I've read!

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