Book Saving allison
Saving Allison is a book by J Stoute which speaks the story of Allison Perkins She s a fourteen year old girl who has been dealt some difficult cards Having been battling with self image and bullying she s decided to take her own life and we begin the book with the preparation for her suicide As she hangs from a rope and begins to suffocate Jordan steps in He s a guardian angel who has come to talk some things over with her and to show her the life she might be missing out on if she continues. Saving Allison pdf The characters are interesting but most are fairly stereotypical The mother and father of Allison love her dearly and seem to do no wrong The bullies in the book are said to do it for no reason that people would trip her just to watch her fall and later on in life they would experience hardships like one boy always regretting what he d done to her forever punishing himself or something to that extent and that the popular girl would get left with a child and get fat I don t have much problem with the characters apart from them being stereotypical I just think that we don t see enough of each character other than Allison and her parents Even with her friends they re said to be really good friends to her but the conversations we experience with them just seem really bland and don t seem as if they are friends They just seem like acquaintances in a forced situation it s explained that they only really hang out together because none of them fit in elsewhere I think had we spent time with them there might be a better feeling between them and they might seem friendlier More on that point I think that it just seems like even Allison doesn t care that much about them When Jordan is discussing the friends lives apart from her and their visit to her funeral she s confused that they would be there or even care that she s gone It just seems like even she didn t think that they were good friends A lot of Allison s life was a bit generic typical baby and growing up stuff and I wish we d have gotten reason for the kids bullying her It just seems like there was no reason at all and just doesn t make sense to me I know kids can be cruel but it just seems beyond ridiculous Apart from those points the characters were okay Not brilliant and many actions just didn t make sense but they were fine otherwise. Saving allisonkkrohn The plot reminds me a lot of A Christmas Carol where she sees both the past present and future of the situation and how her decisions can change such things I think that she had a lot of other options though The choice she made to commit suicide was very extreme A lot of her problems could have been solved like Jordan tries to tell her with simply talking to others If she d spoken to people than a lot of her problems might have been fixed a lot sooner The bullying could have been fixed by speaking to teachers who might have punished the other children The bullying might have been fixed by changing schools or even by being home schooled her mother was a stay at home mum so it s a reasonable idea I think the author did a reasonable job of trying to put together a lot of reasons for Allison s suicide bullying body image rape but because of the way it s written it just doesn t feel like she s committed to it and that this is what she wants I guess that s the moral of the book that you always have other options However in the same way that s what s confusing about the book the author doesn t really explain properly why Allison doesn t take these other options beside the fact that she s kind of embarrassed and she thinks it s awkward to talk to people about her problems One thing that does bother me is that when Jordan shames her for what she s done to her parents and friends by committing suicide it feels like that s just the wrong thing to say It s not really her fault that she s been having suicidal feelings and by trying to chastise her like that is just bound to make her feel worse about her life I personally hate when people say things like that though it s a fairly common for people to say to suicidal people many people call them weak and selfish Apart from those points the plot was somewhat generic but had some interesting points. Book Saving allison williams On the other hand the book does seem to have a sort of psychological portion about it If you read the ninth chapter as I did I guess that all this can be seen in another light That the stories and visions she had about the other characters futures the boy regretting what he d done and the girl growing old and overweight are just in her own head probably what she wishes would happen once she s passed on In some way it might be Allison hoping that those two would simply get punished to some extent I appreciate the second ending and think it does give an interesting second look In a way it sort of explains to us that at the very last minute she s realised what she could have done and how her choices will affect other people but now it s too late. Saving Allison pdf converter It s a quick book and it only took me about an hour to read this morning It s fairly sad but if you stop at the happily ever after ending it has a lighter and hopeful feeling I would imagine It s a bit preachy and in many cases does seem like it puts down suicidal people in my opinion Though I appreciate the moral that it tries to teach that there s always other options and things you can do Overall it was alright but I didn t necessarily enjoy it As mentioned above I didn t think that it was particularly original in either plot or characters However it was a decent book and I think some people might be helped by the story even if I m not. Saving allisonkkrohn I won a copy of this book via a First Reads giveaway and these are just my honest thoughts on it 9780986129773 This book is absolutely heartbreaking The book opens with 14 year old Ali preparing to carry out her plan of committing suicide At the last possible moment she is rescued by Jordan her guardian angel Jordan shows her glimpses of her life past Then we learn she was bullied at school Then horribly she was raped which sent her into depression and into a state of crisis. Book Saving allison transmission Then he showed her the aftermath of her suicide and how much her life mattered Then an alternative option is laid out for her From surviving this attempt to living a fairy tale life where she gets everything she ever wanted She would graduate marry and have children of her own. Saving allisonkkrohn So everything turned out great right It isn t until Chapter 9 where we learn how wrong we have been It is almost like everything that happened is an illusion She has these visions while she is dying in probable agony Hanging requires some degree of skill or the noose won t break her neck which would result in a slow and painful death She realizes that she wants to live and tries to unsuccessfully to save herself 9780986129773 If God forgives me. Book Saving allison transmission This book hits close to home but I lost an adult in my family to suicide I think if someone was contemplating suicide this book might make them think about living Good job alto it made me personally sad 9780986129773 InsightfulThis story is touching in good and not so good ways Prayers for the many people hurting Only God can change the tide 9780986129773 I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway so here s my review This book was a short quick read A bit like an after school special I could see it being a story line for a show like Degrassi I don t mean these as negatives though as someone who works in mental health I would recommend giving this to teens to read The author made the last chapter optional but I think it s important to read and very powerful about the absolute finality of suicide 9780986129773
| Saving Allison By J. Stoute |
| 0986129771 |
| 9780986129773 |
| English |
| 122 |
| Paperback |
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., Saving Allison pdf24 The following paragraph is about the ninth chapter and will be hidden because of spoilers