Thursday 1 March 2012

Waiting On Wednesday: Cracked by K.M. Walton




Yes, it's Thursday, but I'm working a day behind, and I really wanted to feature this book today.
First of all, here's the summary, courtesy of Goodreads:




Sometimes there's no easy way out.

Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.

Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But it doesn't stop Bull's grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.

When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there's no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse—much worse—before they get better….




Doesn't Cracked sound awesome? I love books that deal with mental
illness, and the added bully-victim relationship sounds like it's going to be really interesting to read.




Plus, I'm interested to see how K.M. Walton handles the character
of Bull - The protagonist of the book I'm currently editing is a
bully (or an ex-bully) and I've tried to write him as a sympathetic
character, while still deeply flawed.




Anyway, Cracked came out this January, so it's technically not Waiting On, but I have yet to read it, so I've cheated and featured it.




What do you think of Cracked? Is this on anyone else's To Be Read
pile?








2 comments:

  1. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my TBR list. Argh! If only the list wasn't so long. But I guess that's a good thing. Can't complain about there being so many great books in the world ;)

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    1. Hi :)

      I daren't even start a list! My TBR pile is also being used as a bedside table, it's so high, so perhaps I ought to get reading faster...

      Amy

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