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Summary: A TEAR BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE
Review: "Hate you" is a book about a teenager who had seenher father abuse her mother as a child and had also been abused. It isa day by day story of her life and what she goes through. I recommend this book for any teen male or female who is going through tough times. It doesnt really explain on what to do but rather shows that other people have gone through the same thing and that they can get along in life with out having to strugle.
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Summary: A great story for Teens
Review: Alice is a bitter girl that hates the world. She has a voice that's scratchy from her fathers past abuse, a sweet boyfriend, and a mother that's a bit crazy. Her life isn''t perfect but it's stable. So what will happen when everything comes crashing down? I liked this book. It was a good story about Teens for teens that touched on an important issue today, abuse. If you liked stories that are real, funny, and don't have any bull this this a book for you. Alice's Lyrics are touching and raw. I'd reccomend this book to a lot of people!
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Summary: Hate You
Review: Alice Slivers, a 17 year old girl, has many reasons for the hate she has in her life. When she was younger, her abusive father left her and her mother. Her mother is a stage designer who treats Alice more like a friend than a daughter. Alice is a good song writer. She can't sing her songs due to her "Frankenstein voice", caused by her father choking her as a child. One day out of the blue she gets a call telling her about her hated father that is dying at a hospital only two hours away. She has to think about the forgiveness she faces for the first time and she has to decide if she has the power and strenght to forgive her father or just turn him away.
McNamee wrties this book to tell about the hate some people may have in their lives. The book also shows how a erson might have to ask him or herself to overcome their hate and forgive.
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Summary: It wasn't as good as it could have been.
Review: Hate You has a very interesting, original plot. Seventeen-year-old Alice Silvers is smart and a talented songwriter. But she can't sing her own songs, or anybody else's songs. She can hardly even talk. She has a voice "like Frankenstein", because her father choaked her ten years ago and damaged her larynx. Alice hasn't seen her father since that night, but her hatred of smolders contanstly in her life. I thought it was a good book, up until the end. At the end of the story, Alice gets word that her father is dying of cancer in a nearby hospital and has only a few days to live. She goes to see him and screams at him about choking her, and how much she hates him. Her father can only sit there helplessly. A few days later he dies, and Alice feels better. I didn't think this was a good ending. Somehow it doesn't seem realistic that the confrontation would bring peace to Alice. Hatred only creates more hatred. But other than that element, it was a very good book, with well-written characters.
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Summary: Engaging novel by a Canadian newcomer
Review: Hate You is a compelling novel about Alice Silver, sixteen-year old poet, composer, and victim of abuse. At age ten, Alice's vocal chords are permanently damaged by her father. Her mother then kicks him out. Six years later, Alice learns that her father is dying and wants to see her. Visiting him allows Alice to come to terms with her past and see her future more positively-funny voice and all. Alice is talented, normally optimistic, but handicapped by her "Frankenstein" voice. Her fortyish mother struggles to maintain herself and Alice as a single parent. Eric, Alice's boyfriend, is off-beat, plays the guitar (badly), and challenges Alice to "be all she can be. " There's a bit of "implied sex" in Hate You, though it is handled tastefully and amusingly. I think many kids would get a laugh from Alice's observations about adolescent male sexuality. Summing up, I really like this book. Though it deals with a serious topic, it is light-hearted and amusing in many respects. Strong characterization and dialogue. I hope Vancouverite Graham McNamee publishes more novels like this one soon.
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Summary: Hate You Review
Review: Hate You was an O.K. book , but I think it could have been better. Alice Silvers was my favorite chacter and I felt real sorry for her about what her father did to her. Next time Mr. Graham decides to write a book he should get a little more tips about writing a novel.
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Summary: In defense of HATE YOU
Review: I was both relieved and irritated to read the reviews of this book. Relieved that people were reading and appreciating it; irritated that some people were reading it and not understanding it. I am referring to those reviewers who either see this as a book about forgiveness or wish it was. HATE YOU is about closure. That is what the (seemingly) infamous confrontation between Alice and her father was about. Anyone seeking a book in which past hurts are forgotten and both sides become friends again, I would ask you to look elsewhere. I would, however, reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys realistic books, or who wants to read a so-called 'young adult' book that does'nt drown you in sap and condescending assumptions. McNamee has written a highly original book and his characters (except for Frank and his girlfriend) are very sympathetic. Alice is one of the greatest characters I've met in a while and she is very easy to identify with,especially since my outlook towards life is very similar to hers.The only criticism Ihave of this book was that it was too short.The story was well paced, but I certainly would'nt have objected to spending a couple of hundred pages with Alice.
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Summary: a fresh compelling voice marred by misguided message
Review: Since when does hate heal? In an othewise outstanding book, the climax is shallow and shocking. Alice confronts her dying father in his self-created hell, struggling to breathe and connected to an assortment of machines. The relief she feels after her cruel outburst would have been more meaningful if it inspired true healing in the form of forgiveness or even a move toward understanding. Meanness heaped upon meanness just makes for more meanness. The premise is interesting. The characters are well developed, and Alice is especially compelling, raw and honest. She deals constructively with her impairment and learns to deal with it more so. The short chapters are appealing and rife with hipness and humor. Unfortunately, the resolution is disappointing.
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Summary: "Hate You" is a compelling piece of work
Review: This book is a great one for young adults. It deals with sticky issues covered by one girls's struggle with her own self identity. Alice, the main character, comes to many realizations, and goes through many trials in her life, and they make her a stronger person in the end. The writing style is very descriptive, and the way in which scenes are described really puts you right in the middle of the story. I definitely recommend this book.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: This book was a fine book, but it confused me in parts. This book is about a ten year old girl, when her mom kicked her father out, that she hates. Then six years later she finds out that her father is in the hospital 2 hours away, and he wants her to come and see him. She doesn't want to, but she is forced to go by her mom. But at the end she doesn't seem to hate him anymore.
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