Book Review: Rumble

                                                          Rumble Review

Rumble is a story of a high school senior named Matt Turner who is still trying to cope with his younger brother suicide which happened a year earlier and before his death his brother was being bullied by many student that went to their school since he was gay. Matt now hates the majority of his classmates since he holds them somewhat  responsible for his brother's death and also has a big problem with religion now since many of the students used religion as an excuse for why it was okay for them to bully his brother. At the beginning of the story Matt is angry with almost everyone in his life for failing his brother in some way including himself, one of the few people that Matt isn't angry at is his girlfriend Hayden who he loves more than almost anyone but it soon becomes clear that she doesn't feel the same way about him.

The story is mostly about how Matt ends up getting himself to a point where he can start healing as he starts to see certain events a little differently as he gets more information on what happened back then and starts to see that maybe he blamed people that he shouldn't have and trusted people that he shouldn't have. In the end Matt is able to put to truly stop healing when he starts to be a little more willing to forgive and work towards moving forward in his life once he is able to accept what happened and figures out who are really on his side.

Overall I thought this was a pretty good book it dealt with serious issues and was good character piece as well. The writing was great as it always is in Ellen Hopkins novels, she is just so great at telling her stories through verse. Please tell me your thoughts on this book in the comment section below.