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The S-Word por Chelsea Pitcher
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The S-Word (edición 2013)

por Chelsea Pitcher (Autor)

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Angie's quest for the truth behind her best friend's suicide drives her deeper into the dark, twisted side of Verity High.
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Título:The S-Word
Autores:Chelsea Pitcher (Autor)
Información:Gallery Books (2013), 322 pages
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The S-Word por Chelsea Pitcher

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When Angie's ex-BFF Lizzie kills herself, she knows it was all the bullying that pushed Lizzie over the edge. Racked with guilt for not stopping it, she goes on a mission to discover who tortured Lizzie the most and punish them. Along the way she discovers there is more to Lizzie's death than name calling... things about Lizzie, the Prom Incident, and her family that Angie had no clue about. As the secrets unfold Angie learns to trust someone completely unexpected and has some hard questions to ask herself.

So when I first heard the title of this book, I knew I wanted to read it. I knew it would be about bullying and slut-shaming and I think those topics are so important in the world of fiction. Teens need to have books that show them that other people are going through it and that it's completely wrong.

I went into this knowing that Lizzie (the girl who died) had secrets, but I had no idea how many secrets this book would have!! It was like secret after secret, and just when you thought you knew it all... BAM another one.

I really liked Angie's voice. She came across as older and really insightful. It almost made me want to believe that she would've talked things through with Lizzie before her death, but she was flawed. At times she was an unreliable narrator as she wasn't exactly honest with her audience for parts of the book.

I had mixed feelings about Lizzie's voice. She was depicted through diary entries. At first I really liked the poetic nature of her diary entries. They were beautiful words... but then I started wondering if a high schooler would really write like that? I just know there's no way I would've been able to write like that at that age. Also some of the conversations Angie had with other people seemed really grown up and forced at times.

What I did like was that this book really tackled death and what words like slut (and boys calling each other "Fags") can do to people. It marks you and is something you can't easily take away. I loved the emotions and the way this book held my attention. I think it's a really important topic and it's definitely a book that keeps you thinking throughout.

Having said that, I really wished this book just focused in on the slut-shaming/bullying part. It kind of branched out to include a variety of other issues and that became a little hard to follow. I think it also made it more unbelieveable. It was definitely a readable book, but it involved some suspension of disbelief.

*Also I think this would be a great choice for a book club book, as it contains so many topics that can be talked about.*

Overall: A fascinating look at high school gone wrong. There's a lot of issues crammed in, but it would be great for a book club or anyone who wants a book that makes them think.

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  Michelle_PPDB | Mar 18, 2023 |
Received from Net Galley

Holy emotions Batman! This book had me all over the place. I was sad, I was mad, I was worried, I was grimacing. Woah. The S-Word takes place during the main character's senior year of high school and chronicles her investigation into her best friend's suicide. She learns more than she ever wanted to know over the course of the book. The S-Word tackles bullying, suicide, gender identity, sexual assault and molestation. I was a little concerned with the main character's spiral into craziness but I think the author managed to rein it in. Really good book that's going to leave me thinking for a while. ( )
  Stacie-C | May 8, 2021 |
(This review can be found on my blog The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl).


I was super excited to read this book! I had wanted it since I first heard about it. While it wasn't as good as I had hoped, it was still a good read.

The book blurb above does a good job in describing what this book is going to be about, so I won't put it into my own words or else it'll be a bit repetitive.

I don't really know if I like the title or not. It does sum up the book pretty well because it's the s-word that starts off a whole chain of events.

I do like the cover! I enjoyed the simplicity of it, really, so it was a great choice by the author. What I liked most was how some words were etched into the cover.

The world building was a bit wishy-washy. Personally, I really don't think someone would be as forgiving as Angie if their best friend (or any girl for that matter) slept with their boyfriend, especially one of four years. Secondly, I really don't think a high school student would conduct an investigation into who made their friend commit suicide. However, there is some creditably to this world. The different people in the high school really make it feel like it's taking place there. The feelings in the book also come across as being genuine.

The pacing was good. There were a few parts throughout the book where the pacing does get a bit shaky, but it quickly goes back to being a decent pace. I wouldn't say it's a book devouring pace, but it's still good enough where you do want to read it quickly.

I enjoyed the plot. It definitely picks up on a very real problem happening around schools (and well, a lot of places) - bullying and its consequences. I loved the message it was conveying. I did predict something about Lizzie which I can't say because of a spoiler. I also predicted a plot twist as well which I won't elaborate on due to spoilers. There was one plot twist that I definitely didn't see coming!!

The characters were alright. Sometimes the character of Angie felt a bit one dimensional and unrealistic. As I've said before, I can't imagine anyone conducting an investigation about who was calling someone a slut and all that after the fact. Sometimes, there was something about her that made her seem like she wasn't a teenager even though she was meant to be. She didn't really act like one through a lot of the book. I did enjoy that the author didn't make her out to be a stuck-up cheerleader though because not all cheerleaders are snobby. I liked how she would take chances on people. I felt like I didn't get to know too much about Drake to pass that much judgement on him. He comes across as a bit of a sleaze for cheating on Angie. I wish he was featured a bit more. I loved the character of Jesse. I enjoyed his flamboyant nature and how he didn't care what anyone really thought about him. I would even dare to say that I found him to be the strongest and most believable character. Lizzie comes across as a goody two-shoes and your typical teen sweetheart. I don't really have a a clear feeling about Lizzie because, although we get to read some of her diary entries and she's talked about, there's nothing strong enough to give me a clear picture of her personality.

The dialogue was believable for the most part. What I didn't find believable is some of the times Angie would question people. For example, in one scene in the book, Angie is questioning a character named Shelby. She circles around her interrogating her, and while Shelby is an actress, I just couldn't ever imagine that scene and that dialogue taking place. Also, there is a bit of swearing in this book, and while some of it does seem like everyday teen speak, some of it seems forced like the author was just throwing it in for good measure. Other then that, the dialogue came across as teens speaking which is what this book is.

Overall, The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher is a good read. However, the main character and some of the world building does let it down, but the plot and pacing do help to make this a good read.

I'd recommend this book to those aged 17 who have been affected by bullying.

I'd give The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher a 3.5 out of 5. ( )
  khal_khaleesi | Nov 16, 2019 |
Prom night was all it took to ruin a childhood friendship. When Lizzie is caught in bed with her best friends boyfriend during the dance, the school turns against her and brands her a ‘slut’. With everyone making her life hell, and with Angie still not speaking to her, Lizzie decides to end her own life. But someone doesn’t want people to forget. A week after her funeral, graffiti and photocopied pages of Lizzie’s diary start to show up at school. Angie starts investigating who, exactly, is spreading Lizzie’s personal thoughts as well as who made her best friend feel like she didn’t belong in the world anymore. The truth she uncovers as well as the anguish she feels for abandoning her best friend become too much to handle and Angie spirals out of controls. Love and friendship help pull her out of the dark.

The S-Word grabbed my attention from the very first sentence and did not let go until long after I had read the last word. This book is jam-packed with mystery, betrayal, and the very real harshness that is high school drama. Despite the heavy subjects present in the book, this still has it’s funny moments which really help balance everything out. Normally I have a good idea of what a book is going to be about, but holy crap this took a turn that I never saw coming. I don’t want to say much, but I will give you this: we are hit with not one, but three shocking secrets--one right after another--that never even crossed my mind.

I love, love, LOVE Angie. Everyone has this idea that she’s just a dumb, popular cheerleader, but she isn’t at all. She is not only dealing with a broken heart, but she is mourning the death of her best friend and carrying around this heart wrenching guilt over turning her back on Lizzie when everyone else was determined to destroy her. She is a great and very complex main character and I just love how she narrates the story. Unfortunately we do not get to see much of Lizzie, but her diary entries and the flashbacks of their friendship help us understand what kind of a person she was. She in no way deserved what was thrown at her and, frankly, neither does anyone else who is bullied on a daily basis. It is sickening the kind of torture teenagers can cause one another.

I was expecting to like this, but not as much as I actually did. This is a fantastic debut and I can not wait to read whatever else Chelsea has in store for us! ( )
  joanab951 | May 21, 2015 |
If this book depicts the “harsh reality of modern high schools” as the summary suggest, then I am incredibly afraid for the state of high schools in this country. I graduated four years ago, and while I do know that bullying and meanness is a HUGE problem in a lot of schools, the complicated plots and schemes that are contained within the pages of The S-Word are more fitting to television shows like Pretty Little Liars or Desperate Housewives. Entertaining? Yes. A fair portrayal of modern high school? No.


Angie, the main character, is. . . well, I don’t really know how to describe her. She does so many horrible things to people that at one point I really began wondering if she was capable of feeling anything, but then she becomes incredibly emotional. As someone who has grieved before I know that this pattern of emotional response isn’t uncommon, but it was still really hard to excuse Angie for some of the things she did. Her plans and mind just seemed so convoluted at times. There’s a specific instance towards the end of the novel where Angie comes up with this elaborate plan to expose someone’s horrible, awful misdeeds. I applaud her for doing so because the person needed to be caught, but the way she went about it seemed like it was quite possibly the riskiest way she could have done so. If her plan hadn’t worked, there was a chance that person wouldn’t be caught at all, and I really disliked that.

There’s a lot of issues present in The S-Word, and some of them are handled really well and some are brushed over. Angie, our unreliable narrator, can be quite a bully too, and while I think the book took steps in the right direction addressing this, it ultimately fell short. I also think it did a really terrible job at addressing self-harm. However, I did appreciate how the book approached the issue of sexual assault in high school.


Summary: Overall, I was pretty disappointed in The S-Word. I thought the book lacked care with many of the issues it tried to tackle, and the plot seemed overly convoluted and unreasonable. The book’s best part was how it dealt with the issue of sexual abuse, the only issue I felt was well-handled in the book, and the glimpses of Lizzie through other character’s eyes. It was a “I hate this book” book, but it’s definitely a “meh” book. 2/5 stars.

A longer version of this review will appear on my blog at Book.Blog.Bake. ( )
  Stormydawnc | Jun 23, 2014 |
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