By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead (Paperback)

from lisagibson

As a writer it is difficult to approach scary subjects sometimes. But being brave enough to dive completely in is going to result in a better book. Julie Anne Peters presented the subjects of bullying and suicide in raw honesty. Daelyn was bullied from kindergarten on. She was once an overweight ...

from evet

Another couldn't-put-it down YA novel. Daelyn is miserable and has but one ambition in life: to die as quickly and painlessly as possible. This is bullycide (new word I learned at ALAN NCTE) 11.09 at its worst and made me think of times that I was bullied because of my height (short) and glasses....

from chaoticbooklover

I picked this one up without reading any reviews, thinking it would be a light read. This was one book I couldn't put down. It was sad, scary and left me shaken. Daelyn is a young girl who has tried in the past to commit suicide, while she has failed her previous attempts; this time she finds her...

from notemily

Reviewed from an ARC I got at ALA. A bleak book, but not quite as bleak as it seems at first glance. Yes, it's about a suicidal teenage girl (Daelyn Rice), who suffers cruel bullying (and worse things) throughout her life, counting down the days before she will make her final suicide attempt. But...

from icedream

I've read so many books about suicial teens that they are starting to blur together. This one, like the book 13 Reasons Why, will stick with me though. It takes a rough look at bullying that made it emotionally hard to read at times, but well worth it. I really wasn't sure how this was going to e...