Carly knew she should stop. She'd started out wanting just one glimpse of the girl, and next thing she was following her around the streets of Manhattan, ducking in doorways to avoid detection, buying unidentified vegetables for cover, and almost knocking over small children in her determination to stay on Taylor's trail.
Carly knew all this, and yet she didn't stop. She couldn't stop.
Once I began reading this book, I couldn't stop. I could not put it down. Carly seems very realistic, like the girl next door. It's easy to see how curiousity can turn into obsession. A very well written book!
Carly knew all this, and yet she didn't stop. She couldn't stop.
Once I began reading this book, I couldn't stop. I could not put it down. Carly seems very realistic, like the girl next door. It's easy to see how curiousity can turn into obsession. A very well written book!
This book stuck with me long after I finished it. I think the element that stuck with me the most was the contrast between the stalker in this book and the typical stalker shown in most popular media. After watching other shows or reading other books where a stalker is involved, I come away thinking how did you not see that he/she was a stalker. He/She was so creepy or crazy, the character should have seen it.
But that is not how I felt about Carly. Carly was an everyday teenage girl. But when her life starts changing in ways that she cannot control, Carly starts grasping for something. Something she cannot find in her newly broken home, her sudden move, the potential loss of a father figure, or the loss of her first love.
She cannot seem to have any effect on those aspects of her life, so she becomes fixated on understanding who she lost her boyfriend to. And that drive to figure out this one aspect of her life leads her down the path of becoming a stalker. She cannot see that her fixation is not normal or potentially scary to the person or note healthy for Carly.
I cannot say enough about how much I liked this book. I feel that this book addresses an issue that everyone needs to understand. And I think it does this in a way that is more realistic than many other stories because most stalkers are not the "creepy" people, most of the time they are people you thought you knew and could trust until they start stalking you.
But that is not how I felt about Carly. Carly was an everyday teenage girl. But when her life starts changing in ways that she cannot control, Carly starts grasping for something. Something she cannot find in her newly broken home, her sudden move, the potential loss of a father figure, or the loss of her first love.
She cannot seem to have any effect on those aspects of her life, so she becomes fixated on understanding who she lost her boyfriend to. And that drive to figure out this one aspect of her life leads her down the path of becoming a stalker. She cannot see that her fixation is not normal or potentially scary to the person or note healthy for Carly.
I cannot say enough about how much I liked this book. I feel that this book addresses an issue that everyone needs to understand. And I think it does this in a way that is more realistic than many other stories because most stalkers are not the "creepy" people, most of the time they are people you thought you knew and could trust until they start stalking you.
