This book includes a developing gay relationship between the main character’s sister and her boss. She tells her sister she can tell she “likes” her boss. There are references and situations around this sub-plot across the story. The way this is weaved in make it seem like the most natural thing in the world, which the Bible tells us it is never meant to be. --- Hadley is simply awful for the majority of the book. To everyone around (besides the dog) she is mean, rude, harsh, dishonest, thinks the worst of everyone, is lazy and so on. These chapters are hard to endure. There are times she feels remorse, but does nothing to correct. Now to be fair she is in a tragically sad situation, but the book presents someone who has responded in the worst way possible. Even worse, there are no real “good” characters offered during this portion of the book to help offset this and show a bright contrast. --- Some parents will want to know that this book is very heavy on the value of having a dog, something not all parents may want to bring into their home. --- There is a light mention of puberty and a school rule of only being able to wear leggings with knee-length skirts “stupid”. Words like “stupid” are used multiple times. There is also a reference to having “the magic touch”. Finally, there is a use of “lmao” in a text conversation.
