Litsy

The Truth About Alice | Jennifer Mathieu

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Rumors have a lot of power once they‘re generated and spread. Alice is slut-shamed at HS bc of rumors made up about her. The resolution was unusual but okay. “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the ‘truth‘” is called the truth-by-repetition (TBR) effect.

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slategreyskies Wow, I‘d never heard of that TBR before. I mean, I‘m familiar with having that done to me, but I didn‘t know there was a name for it. Thanks for that! ♥️ 3d

Eggs @slategreyskies Glad you liked it☺️ I think we do it to ourselves, in our own ways - embellish or diminish memories or interpretations of events - until they become our ‘truths‘. 3d

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slategreyskies @eggs wow, I hadn‘t thought of it that way before, but you‘re right. 🫂 3d

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Bette

Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale | Sam Wedelich

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Hey! Guess what?! The sky isn‘t really falling.

I liked this take on an old classic.

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TheReadingRaccoon

The Rumor Game | Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

so-so

The Rumor Game is a young adult contemporary novel about cyber bullying and sex shaming among the children of Washington D.C.‘s elite. This novel had a lot to say but wasn‘t boring or preachy. The storyline moved along quickly and it was entertaining. Like the authors‘ previous novel (Tiny Pretty Things) I think this would make for an entertaining movie or series.

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BookishGirl06

The Rumor Game | Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

so-so

Just finished. It was ok, but it dealt with some pretty hard subjects. I like that we got good representation with each of the 3 girls.

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AvidReaderandGeekGirl

The Rumor Game | Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

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4.25 stars
It was really good and tackled some very hard subjects. I liked that all the characters faced consequences for their actions. The atmosphere was great. I wish the secondary character had been more fleshed out as we only really got to know Baez and Riley, and a bit about Jase outside of the MCs. Lots of rep which I liked. I would have liked to learn more about JuJu especially, and Chance as well.

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BookishGirl06

The Rumor Game | Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

This is a book I‘ve started reading a few days ago. It‘s told in the P.O.V of 3 different high school girls. I‘m interested to see where this goes

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LKK526

The Rumor: A Novel | Lesley Kara

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The MC overhears some gossip at her son‘s school and repeats it, setting in motion a sequence of events. TBH I thought the plot was preposterous. For one, without giving anything away, the MC moves back to the town where she lived as a teenager and seems to know no one who lives there. Also, not to be indelicate, but too many mentions of excrement that seemed gratuitous. Again, you can find tons of books that are better

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LibrarianRyan

The Rumor Game | Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

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3.5 ⭐
TW: SA

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Overall I really liked this book but I didn‘t love it. It was very real. It feels very much like over privileged teen agers let loose in a society where they see themselves as self-sufficient adults, but are really scared little kids looking for help and acceptance.

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