Yellow Socks and Blood Spots Bailey J Thompson 9780991740215 Books
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Two lines means pregnant, and pregnant is the very last thing seventeen-year-old Isabelle wanted to be. She's just beginning her senior year, she's rekindling the respectable relationship she once had with her family and she has finally fallen in love. Her boyfriend, Jason wants an abortion, while Isabelle wants to give her baby a chance at life, whether that means adoption or raising her baby herself. Her situation raises a question of values, beliefs, rights, societal expectations and personal opinions, and as Isabelle's friends and family discover the news, they seem to think they know what's best for her and her baby. Within two weeks of finding out about their beautiful disaster, Isabelle and Jason have to come to a mutual agreement and make a life and death decision.
Yellow Socks and Blood Spots Bailey J Thompson 9780991740215 Books
I was very interested in the book for quite a while before it was published, and when I saw it was available to purchase on the Kindle I did so. I'm splitting my review into two parts, one part for the technical writing of the book and one part for the content.I am not impressed by the editing of this novel. There were countless errors, most of them simple grammatical errors but they were distracting nonetheless. The book jumps around from past to present in a way that doesn't flow very well. The author uses lots of details at the beginning, which almost appears as a way to fill up the pages. Towards the end of the book the main character writes a letter to her unborn child, and though the letter is very much thoughtful, the letter would be much more poignant if placed at the very end of the novel.
As far as the content of the book goes, I am impressed. Though it wasn't a novel I will ever read again, I believe that it certainly serves as a cautionary tale for young women who are trying to decide what to do with their unplanned pregnancies. The protagonist, a high school senior named Isabelle, finds herself pregnant by a boy she had recently begun dating. Though none of her family or friends likes him, she is in love and believes that she knows his true personality. Her boyfriend promises to help her through everything no matter what she decides, though he encourages an abortion and says that if she has the baby, he will have total custody over the child. Isabelle is against abortion, and though her family promises to help her with any decision she makes about the baby, she ultimately chooses to abort her child because her boyfriend says that that would be the only way that they would be able to live a happy and fulfilled adult life together.
I know that the author wrote this book in an attempt to end the taboo on abortion, but I will be the first to tell you that her attempt wasn't terribly successful. Isabelle aborts her baby because her boyfriend tells her to. She immediately regrets it. Her boyfriend cheats on her. They break up. And in the end, Isabelle isn't truly at peace with her decision. This book, however, does contain an important message to women whether the author meant to illustrate it or not: No matter what a woman decides to do with her unplanned pregnancy, the choice she makes should be hers ALONE. If Isabelle had only her friends' and familys' advice to go on, she wouldn't have been pushed into any option and she would have decided to abort, adopt or raise her child how she saw fit. This book is a sad illustration of a young woman who cannot decide anything for herself.
To end this review, I have to concede that it IS an accurate description of what many teens go through. I can only hope that this book reaches teenage girls before they are coerced into something that they don't want to do.
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Yellow Socks and Blood Spots Bailey J Thompson 9780991740215 Books Reviews
Isabelle just found out she is pregnant. Her boyfriend, Jason seems to be so supportive(except he is pressuring her into his decision), her friends seem to be supportive and so do her family. Then when Isabelle makes her decision... her world comes crashing down around her.
I really enjoyed the main character Isabelle. She was a very smart, very realistic teenager character. Not without flaws, but a pretty good head on her shoulders, she was honest, caring and emotional. Her boyfriend, Jason, I didn't like from the beginning. I felt this suspicion about him right from the start and the further the read the more I disliked him. I obviously won't go into this too much, as to leave what happens throughout the story spoiler free, but let it be know that I really disliked him. Isabelle's parents and family were wonderful. So often families in Young Adult are so unrealistic but I really loved how Isabelle's family was present, caring, opinionated and very supportive of her as their daughter.
The story is heartbreaking. I didn't think at first I would become so emotionally attached to Isabelle and her journey, but you warm up to her character so much that it's hard to not feel her emotions. I had a hard time relating sometimes to parts of Isabelle's story but that's simply because I am not a teenager anymore(and quite far from it) and also because I've not been in the situation she has been. That being said, I think this book is really geared towards teenagers and is a great, fact driven depiction of what this situation could be like. Somethings are hard to stomach but I feel as that's what Bailey was going for with this. It isn't the total happy ending story but it's a realistic and beautiful story of a teenagers emotional struggle.
The pacing did confused me a bit, and for the first several chapters I found it hard to grasp a timeline. It does jump back and forth several times from past to present but once you get used to that there are no other problems with the pacing. Bailey's writing is fantastic. It's extremely fluent and easy to read. I felt as if she was telling me the story herself, in person as opposed to be reading it.
All in all, Yellow Socks and Blood Spots is a great read. I think it really is a book FOR teenagers and a sad, heartbreaking story.
I was very interested in the book for quite a while before it was published, and when I saw it was available to purchase on the I did so. I'm splitting my review into two parts, one part for the technical writing of the book and one part for the content.
I am not impressed by the editing of this novel. There were countless errors, most of them simple grammatical errors but they were distracting nonetheless. The book jumps around from past to present in a way that doesn't flow very well. The author uses lots of details at the beginning, which almost appears as a way to fill up the pages. Towards the end of the book the main character writes a letter to her unborn child, and though the letter is very much thoughtful, the letter would be much more poignant if placed at the very end of the novel.
As far as the content of the book goes, I am impressed. Though it wasn't a novel I will ever read again, I believe that it certainly serves as a cautionary tale for young women who are trying to decide what to do with their unplanned pregnancies. The protagonist, a high school senior named Isabelle, finds herself pregnant by a boy she had recently begun dating. Though none of her family or friends likes him, she is in love and believes that she knows his true personality. Her boyfriend promises to help her through everything no matter what she decides, though he encourages an abortion and says that if she has the baby, he will have total custody over the child. Isabelle is against abortion, and though her family promises to help her with any decision she makes about the baby, she ultimately chooses to abort her child because her boyfriend says that that would be the only way that they would be able to live a happy and fulfilled adult life together.
I know that the author wrote this book in an attempt to end the taboo on abortion, but I will be the first to tell you that her attempt wasn't terribly successful. Isabelle aborts her baby because her boyfriend tells her to. She immediately regrets it. Her boyfriend cheats on her. They break up. And in the end, Isabelle isn't truly at peace with her decision. This book, however, does contain an important message to women whether the author meant to illustrate it or not No matter what a woman decides to do with her unplanned pregnancy, the choice she makes should be hers ALONE. If Isabelle had only her friends' and familys' advice to go on, she wouldn't have been pushed into any option and she would have decided to abort, adopt or raise her child how she saw fit. This book is a sad illustration of a young woman who cannot decide anything for herself.
To end this review, I have to concede that it IS an accurate description of what many teens go through. I can only hope that this book reaches teenage girls before they are coerced into something that they don't want to do.
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