Saturday, May 16, 2009

Mean Girls All Grown Up by Hayley DiMarco

I read through the reviews on Amazon which give me things to comment on as well as the book.
First, reviewers are upset it's not labeled a Christian book. Get over yourself, Freedom of religion not from religion. Either finish it and consider the point of view or not. Believe it or not sometimes we Christians can have something to say to the rest of the world. But onto the book. I don't know about how comments that self-esteem is wrong and to never stand up for yourself. Let God do it. While final judgement belongs to the Lord, I'm pretty sure I've not read that you shouldn't take issue with the person personally and then with a couple friends if not. I understand not antagonizing a mean girl, but I find it difficult to believe that we should try to disappear. It just reminds me of someone I know who began cutting because she didn't believe she could be a Christian and be angry with someone and so she turned it on herself. I've heard others have ended up in the same place and so we need to be careful of the examples we write.

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