If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

by Leila Sales

Before we go any further, I want you to understand this: I am not a good person.

We all want to be seen. We all want to be heard. But what happens when we’re seen and heard saying or doing the wrong things?

When Winter Halperin – former spelling bee champion, aspiring writer, and daughter of a parenting expert –gets caught saying the wrong thing online, her life explodes. All across the world, people know what she’s done, and none of them will forgive her.

With her friends gone, her future plans cut short, and her identity in shambles, Winter is just trying to pick up the pieces without hurting anyone else. She knows she messed up, but does that mean it’s okay for people to send her hate mail and death threats? Did she deserve to lose all that she’s lost? And is “I’m sorry” ever good enough?

If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say is the thought provoking novel from multi award winning author, Leila Sales

• ISBN10: 1447291778
• ISBN13: 9781447291770
• Publish Date: 17 May 2018 (first published 1 May 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Bianca]

An exploration of call-out culture. I like what it’s trying to discuss, but it feels lacking. I wish there’s more perspective to this instead of one-sidedly discussing the toxicity of the culture... to also look at how it can actually reinforce social movements. And I like to think that people can be given 2nd chances especially after being educated about the subject matter, but to what extent? Because I think some things are just unacceptable and unforgivable. Should we be humanizing every “victim” of call-out culture? I don’t think so

[Rowena]

I don’t even know where to begin with this one. I can’t believe I finished this book. I can’t even with this book. Full review to come when I’m done picking up the pieces of my brain after it exploded from reading this book.