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Title: Say Something
Subtitle: A Hate List Novella
Author: Jennifer Brown
Narrator: Ivan Martinovic
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-15-14
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In Hate List, Jennifer Brown delivered a powerful story about grief, friendship, and forgiveness in the aftermath of a school shooting. Now, she explores an evocative new narrative while digging deeper into the themes first touched upon in her debut novel.
David Judy knows what it's like to be bullied. Shy and gentle, with a soft voice and "a girl's name for a last name", he is a prime target.
Thankfully, there's one girl David feels at ease with - Valerie, the girl who's been dating his neighbor and sometimes-friend, Nick. Valerie is kind to David and pulls him into their circle of outcast friends, where he finally feels like he (sort of) belongs. So when David starts to suspect that Nick and his friend Jeremy are planning a revenge plot against their tormentors, he wrestles with whether or not to tell someone. By the time he finally works up the courage to say something...it's too late.
David tries to put what he knows behind him - to forget and move on - but that's hard to do as senior year starts and he watches his old friend, Valerie, struggle in a deep, dark place of guilt and confusion. It's time to speak up. David may not be able to end bullying, but by standing up, he might just make a difference. And that's what matters.
Members Reviews:
Read THE HATE LIST, then immensely read SAY SOMETHING
What if there was a school shooting? What if people died? What if the school shooter was your friend, Nick? What if people blamed his girlfriend, Valerie, for knowing and not stopping the shooting? And you had a crush on her? And what if you were the one who knew what he was planning, but were afraid to tell? And what if you're still afraid to tell, even though you know Valerie knew nothing about the shooting? David Judy, the boy with the last name of a girl, struggles with what he thinks he knows, what thought he knew, and who and how to tell.
In SAY SOMETHING, we're privy to David's first person account begins the September before the shooting, and switches between then and the September after the shooting time frames in this sequel to Jennifer Brown's THE HATE LIST which was narrated by Valerie. David's point of view, as a victim of bullying shows Nick, the shooter not as a monstrous murderer, but as a troubled young man who had been mercilessly, systematically bullied. His peers who could have intervened didn't know how, and feared for their own victimization. Adults how could have intervened didn't. Bullies who knew better. None of the characters are stereotypes or one dimensional and by the end we see characters at their worst, best and in between. While violence and school shooting can never be condoned, I found myself empathizing with most of the characters.
Read THE HATE LIST, then immediately read SAY SOMETHING.
I love Jennifer Brown's novels
I love Jennifer Brown's novels, especially Hate List. This novella is a great glimpse into another side of that story.
Say something
Very informative telling the side of a school shooting from someone who knew what was happening but was unable to stop it. Now a year later he is fighting with his demons not only did he know what was going down the day of the shooting, but he never told anyone afterwards and let his friend take the wrap.
Amazing novella
Great novella. Def.a. Recommend to everyone and if you haven't read hate list by that and this..
