SuitabookFoul Is Fair
Hannah Capin
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside a trusted adult if rape, revenge or graphic violence could be difficult. Pause after the early assault and later flashbacks, and compare the book’s treatment of revenge with Macbeth’s treatment of power.
- Themes
- Trauma and revenge: Elle’s response to being drugged and gang-raped leads her and friends towards a plan to murder the perpetrators. The premise foregrounds anger and retaliation while also identifying revenge as potentially damaging; the balance between critique and gratification remains open.
- Power, misogyny and silence: The story examines how powerful people get away with crimes, how misogyny shapes relationships, and the responsibility of witnesses to report wrongdoing. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Macbeth adaptation: The novel relocates Macbeth-related elements to wealthy Los Angeles and Beverly Hills settings, with characters and roles adapted for a contemporary teen story. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Plan for substantial content involving drug-facilitated gang rape and rape flashbacks, multiple murders, blood and sadistic behaviour, strong profanity, sexual activity, misogyny, bullying, underage alcohol and cannabis use, and possible pill use.