Four Years Later (Four Doors Down)

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But the legal system isn't at it's best as we've seen the last few years with people getting away with murder, rape, and various other crimes for no real known reason.

Using speech as being a "fantasy" is just a pathetic excuse not to commit to your work and is given by those who do not have an idea of ​​what you are doing and do not have the least respect for the audience you work for. Sam was definitely one of my favorite characters, even though she knew she should’ve spoke up about what happened with Becca, she took her best friends feelings in first. When she tried over and over again to explain to him, and he blew her off… I wanted to smack him into next week.The first book was mindless fluffy cuteness and I liked the characters enough to just jump into this second book without reading the blurb. Por lo que Becca, sintiéndose abandonada, toma la única solución que cree correcta: se niega a contar la verdad, después de todo nadie va a creerle, right?

The author could have taken a real chance to show the struggles between a couple when one person is raped. She couldn't sleep with anyone else (he did of course), we have no clue how she got to this point of being ready other than it had been four years and he is conveniently there to reap his reward of sex for doing the bare minimum of being her friend?I almost maybe could have forgiven him for his snap conclusions and actions if he had decided to become celibate to make up for what he put her through. It’s not very often that you like second of anything more than the first (ie movie or book) but this is an exception. Shoot me in the head but yeah, this book came really close to my heart and I've never read a story that I’ve regret reading in my entire life this much.

This was a classic example of a horrific experience that is an ongoing struggle for many people all over the world butchered for the sake of an interesting plot line. It's my hidey-hole, my refuge, my escape from the droll reality that a never-ending routine sometimes gets you into, it lets me escape for an hour or so into many fantastic worlds and experience things I can only dream of. I've thankfully never ever come close to being in a situation like this, and I can deal with reading about it.

Four Doors Down was cute, a lighthearted but angsty high school romance about former best friends turned enemies with unsolved feelings between them. I don’t usually read books involving rape/assault because it still a major trigger but I was rooting for Becca. First and foremost, can we please stop using all these basic ass names because I was so confused for like 75% of the book. As someone who has experienced sexual assault and understands the sheer endurance and struggle that comes with rebuilding your whole sense of self, Becca letting Ryan back into her life was such a smack in the face. new, like the author had a beautiful story to tell and was still finding her footing as she brought the characters to life.

He didn’t give Becca a chance to explain, went ahead and jumped to conclusions, didn’t think to give his girlfriend who he had an almost perfect loving relationship with the benefit of the doubt, oh — and fucked the one girl Becca could not stand just to spite her. One of her best friends for her whole life gives her a long lecture on how even though Ryan has dated other girls for years, it doesn’t matter because he loves her. The young romance between two teenagers now feels more profound after seeing where life took them in college.

Look I can appreciate wanting to tackle this subject matter, I think its important that we tell stories of the aftermath of sexual assault/rape. No one asked him to make all his sacrifices, he did it bc he felt guilty for how he treated her, so narratively speaking she doesnt owe him anything but the epilogue was written so you felt like she DID owe him something, with everyone going to bat for him, and that is gross. I thought it was quite bold of the author to make you go through that motion of hating him and not making him a total victim in his own right. Ryan who everyone acts like is a saint because he finally does the right thing and tries to be there for her, but again, could never give up other women for her? If anything the book could have been about her pushing him away because of the rape, at least then it would be rooted in her issues.