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Some Boys

di Patty Blount

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Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

Some girls say no. Some boys don't listen.

When Grace meets Ian, she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of the school, like her own family. After she accuses Zac, the town golden boy, of rape, everyone turns against her. Ian wouldn't be the first to call her a slut and a liar.

Except Ian doesn't reject her. He's the one person who looks past the taunts and the names and the tough-girl act to see the real Grace. He's the one who gives her the courage to fight back.

He's also Zac's best friend.

"A bold and necessary look at an important, and very real, topic. Everyone should read this book." -Jennifer Brown, author of Thousand Words and Hate List

A gut-wrenching, powerful love story told from alternating points of view by the acclaimed author of Send.

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Maybe 1.5 stars. It started out really strong... but then it became an after-school special.


At a party one night, Grace was raped by her friend Zac. The lacrosse playing, popular, gorgeous Zac. No one believes her. Not the police, not her friends, not the teachers, not her parents. She's on her own, and the object of some horrific bullying. When Grace gets stuck cleaning lockers with Zac's best friend, she expects the worst, but that's not exactly what she gets. Could Ian be the one person to actually believe her??

My Thoughts
Very addicting. I couldn't really put this book down, but I don't really know why. There were a lot of cringe moments in this book, but yet I still kind of liked it??

What I Liked: The dual POV. I thought it was super interesting to see the POV of the accused boy's friend. Someone in his inner circle. And also someone who had mixed feelings about Grace. He liked her, but knew that he wasn't supposed to. I also really liked Grace at first. She was being bullied pretty hard-core. It broke my heart. But she was firm on her stance of what happened.

What I Didn't Like So Much: After a while it seemed like a big deal was made about how girls dress. Like if they dress a certain way and something bad happens to them, it's their fault. I wouldn't mind the author hitting on that subject if she was just going to dismiss it... but that's not really what happened. Grace had to keep apologizing and explaining why she wanted to wear tight clothes and sexy makeup. To literally everyone. Her dad, Ian, teachers... it got old. I almost started to think that the author believed that dressing a certain way is dangerous. Either that, or she thought girls that dressed sexy were desperate for attention. I do not believe either thing, so I wasn't feeling those parts. I also didn't appreciate Ian constantly commenting on Grace's ass. It kind of made me feel ill. I get that he's a teenage boy and they are gross at times, but I don't need to read about THAT much of that side of their thoughts. Especially when we're talking about rape here. It seemed a little insensitive.

I also had moments where the writing irked me. I don't know exactly what the problem was, I think some of it just felt less polished than what I'm used to. It didn't deter me from getting into the book at all though. I was super into the story and the characters, I just thought there were somethings that could've been fixed. Like the relationship between Ian and Grace went from nothing to her blurting out how she's been crushing on him for years. BLAH. I hate when characters blurt out their feelings early on. Some of the "parental" conversations felt forced and a little fake. So I kind of wish it was just a little better in those parts.

The absolute worst part: The "demonstration". Towards the end of the book Grace does this public demonstration at her school where she covers up every inch of skin and stands on a chair or a desk or something. It was her way to say "look, to all you guys who think that a girl dressing sexy can cause a guy to lose control... well, I'm doing you a favor so you won't rape me". That part really almost made me stop reading. If I hadn't been so far along, I probably would have. I mean, COME ON. A girl who was raped and bullied and just beaten down as much as this girl was isn't going to do this in front of her whole school. How did she go from being this girl just trying to steer clear of everyone, to being this in-your-face person? I didn't believe that it would ever go down IRL, and I don't buy it as apart of Grace's character. It was probably one of the worst scenes I've ever read in a book.

The ending was choppy and rushed. Honestly I just wish the feeling of the first part of the book would have just carried the whole way through. It felt like 2 different books... one well done, and one BLAH, rushed, forced, preachy.

PS- Why does it always have to be the STAR lacrosse/football player. Can't it ever be just normal student?

OVERALL: A girl gets raped at a party and no one believes her. She stands true to her story and it causes her to be extremely bullied. I liked the first 1/3 to the point where I couldn't put it down, but then writing went downhill and things started irritating me. It had potential, but I can't 100% say I liked it.

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  Michelle_PPDB | Mar 18, 2023 |
Just because this book is about a difficult topic is no reason to give it blanket 5 stars. There were some problems. First there is a rape culture that blames women for their choices which many people consider might have led to rape. There is a slut shaming and defend the high school sports hero at all costs climate. However, everyone in the entire school, teachers included? Come on.

The heroine is a strong character for the most part. The hero was totally unlikable. I was actively hoping she didn't end up with him. From the back cover I expected this sweet boy who believed in her from the first for heavens sake he was the one who found her unconscious unclothed and bleeding in the woods and took her to the hospital. For him to believe his friend about her at that point was stupid. The author would have given him more leg to stand on if she had not plotted it that way. He either needed to believe her from the first or not have been the one to find her. Add to that he was so damn wishy washy, timid and was a cringing liar (even if only lying by his silence) that I had not an iota of respect for him. His dad was a nice character but did an 180 turn around in his personality. What was up with that? And her dad was an ass. After having basically ignored her since the divorce and let his new wife treat her like shit for years, how could I believe at the end that he really loved her and was just misunderstood?

I would have liked to have seen what happened with the rapist other than he had been arrested.

And here's something that made the end of the book a total eye raiser for me. She instantly forgives the "best friend" who had treated her so poorly that she probably should have been arrested or at least expelled. WTF? There is no way she should have hugged her at the end. Again WTF?

So I know that this is an important topic that young readers should be aware of and think about but I've got to hope there are better books than this one covering the topic. ( )
  Luziadovalongo | Jul 14, 2022 |
3 Stars. Overall I liked the book and I think it covers some very important issues regarding sexual assault and bullying. I also like the aspect that the POV switches between Grace and Ian. By writing Ian's POV I think it demonstrates the mindset of many people regarding sexual assault and associated myths, such as that if you dress a certain way you are asking for it, that these beliefs are not always malicious (although they definitely can be) and can come instead from a lack of understanding.

Where this book falls flat for me is the ending, the author wraps everything up nice and pretty and I do not think that is accurate for most people in the situation. Grace goes from being apparently the most hated person in the school to everyone apologizing to her and she accepting those apologies after the way she was treated, I don't buy it! Even with evidence against Zac I doubt even his best friends would do a complete 180, and just with these apologies Grace goes to completely happy because they accepted her story... Ok this may have actually happen somewhere to someone (I don't claim know everyone's story and experiences after all), but in general, unrealistic.

Also, one of the biggest issues for me was that they were able to provide evidence against Zac, which I can tell you as a criminal lawyer, almost never happens compared to the number of cases of sexual assault. To make this story more relatable to what most people go through in the circumstances is for it to be a "he said, she said" situation and how she moves past the ordeal in that situation. ( )
  IlonaA | Feb 3, 2022 |
An amazing story! It deals so well with the issue of rape and what the definition of it truly is and how societal perceptions of people colors their belief or lack of belief in you. I loved Grace she was so strong and Ian really was very sweet if a bit too naive in regards to his friends. ( )
  KateKat11 | Sep 24, 2021 |
Sigh...it was emotional, and of course ended happily ever after. ( )
  ntwillow | Aug 17, 2021 |
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Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

Some girls say no. Some boys don't listen.

When Grace meets Ian, she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of the school, like her own family. After she accuses Zac, the town golden boy, of rape, everyone turns against her. Ian wouldn't be the first to call her a slut and a liar.

Except Ian doesn't reject her. He's the one person who looks past the taunts and the names and the tough-girl act to see the real Grace. He's the one who gives her the courage to fight back.

He's also Zac's best friend.

"A bold and necessary look at an important, and very real, topic. Everyone should read this book." -Jennifer Brown, author of Thousand Words and Hate List

A gut-wrenching, powerful love story told from alternating points of view by the acclaimed author of Send.

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