Book: In Too Deep by Amanda Grace
Pages: 228
Genre: Young Adult
Source: Library
Short synopsis: Sam Marshall is humiliated when she gets rejected by Carter. And then a rumor starts that Carter raped her. Things get even more out of control, when Sam doesn't admit that Carter never did anything to her.
My Thoughts: Though the novel was fast paced, had an original plot, I really didn't like anything in this novel at all.
Sam Marshall is just your average invisible girl. Things change drastically one day when she gets invited to a party. After drinking a lot at the party, Sam decides to confront Carter, the boy she's been crushing on for forever.
Things go from bad to worse, when Carter painfully rejects Sam out right. As she leaves his bedroom crying, a fellow student notices, and immediately assumes that she had been raped.
When Sam starts school the next week, the rumor spreads like wild fire. Sam doesn't admit that it's completely false, but she doesn't do anything to stop the rumors either. She also meets a group of girls who have all been hurt by Carter, but nothing as serious as they all assume that Sam has gone through. Sam tells the truth to the girls, and the girls are blown away. But the girls who come to Sam's rescue, tell Sam to keep on with the lie, as Carter had all hurt them, one way or another. They all assume that since they're leaving for college soon anyway, the rumor will die out eventually, and no one will care.
But things get scary, when threatening notes are being left, and when Sam's car gets vandalized. Then people start actually believing Sam, and sticking up for her. Sam must try to find a way to tell the truth to avoid hurting those she loves, and revive Carter's reputation before it's too late.
This is not your average read. Serious issues occur in this novel. Some issues include, rape, lying, consequences of actions involved. I have no clue what to say about this novel. It was certainly fast paced and original, but nothing was all that appealing.
First Sam gets rejected, and then a huge lie turns into something really big? Maybe I'm the only one, but if a rumor like that had started about me, I'd definitely do everything I could to get the truth right out in the first place. Sure it might be humiliating that the whole school knows that you got rejected, but that's nothing compared to actually ruining someone's life due to a fake rumor.
And the girls that were Sam's supposed friends shouldn't have told Sam to not tell the truth. Just because they were rejected as well, doesn't mean that they are the ones responsible for the lie and doing nothing about it. They should not have persuaded Sam to not tell the truth.
And I loved the relationship between Sam and her best friend/boyfriend Nick, and was extremely disappointed of the outcome. Though I guess it's understandable, and some consequences needed to be given to Sam, I just didn't like how things turned out. When I read the ending, my main reaction was, "That was it?" and I totally felt like there should be a sequel, to include a happily ever after for Sam.
Would I recommend this book: Maybe
Rating: I give this book a 2.5/5.
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