A Predictable Book With a Good Message

Here is a short review of the latest book I've read called Hyacinth Girls by Lauren Frankel.

Hyacinth Girls is a story from the POV of Rebecca.  Rebecca takes guardianship of Callie after Callie's mother, and Rebecca's best friend dies unexpectedly. Callie is a passive accomplice of bullying another student, who she then ends up secretly befriending.

Then when Callie finally takes a stand against her friends, who are bullying her friend, the tables turn.  Callie is now being bullied by her former friends.  She becomes withdrawn, and Rebecca tries to figure out how to get to the bottom of things. 

I found the characters in this book to be a little flat.  There just wasn't much to them.  The pace of the story was slow and predictable.  It was hard for me to get through this story.

It did however shine light on a topic that is often overlooked...bullying.  The situations brought up in this book were dealt with and explained well.  So I guess it did have some value.  It just wasn't my cup of tea.