It is to be expected, of course, it is Mickey's and Ellie's story. You Against Me Jenny Downham 3.70 18,471 ratings1,473 reviews If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge, right If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him, don't you When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. After Mikeys 15-year-old younger sister Karyn accuses college student Tom Parker of. I desperately wanted to understand Tom, yet right up to the end, we never get his viewpoint. Random/Fickling, 16.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-5. Karyn spent most of the time silent, and Tom spent most of the time being shifty and suspicious of his sister. When Mikeys sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. If your brothers accused of a terrible crime but says he didnt do it, you defend him. Was it difficult to write another novel following thatIt’s very easy. An intense and riveting novel from the critically acclaimed author of Before I Die.If someone hurts your sister and youre any kind of man, you seek revenge. However, though Mickey and Ellie's characters were fully developed, I felt somewhat disappointed that Karyn's and Tom's were never fully understood. A Conversation with Jenny Downham, author of You Against Me Before I Die, published in 2007, was a huge success. For Ellie, it's trying to come to grips with the idea that her brother may be a rapist, and deciding whether to go with her heart, or her father's wishes.

For Mickey, it's trying to keep his family together, and to accept that he cannot do anything but wait for the court's verdict. Jenny Downham s debut Before I Die left me a sobbing mess (I am in a minority here thought, most of my co-readers did not join the cryfest). There wasn't anything artificial about them, they both seemed to be only just managing to keep their head above water, and accepting what they were going to have to go through. I especially loved the protagonist's narrative, and how they handled the situation.

I felt that Downham's writing was delicate and precise. You Against Me by Jenny Downham: 9780385752664 : Books If someone hurts your sister and youre any kind of man, you seek revenge.