SuitabookThe break-up artist
Philip Siegel
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the schemes involving rumours and sabotage; invite your reader to weigh Becca’s motives against the effects on others.
- Themes
- Manipulation and relationships: Becca accepts payment to manipulate couples into breaking up, including a plan targeting Huxley and Steve. The plot makes deception central, but does not establish whether Becca’s tactics are ultimately criticised, rewarded or treated more ambiguously.
- Belonging and social pressure: The story describes single girls being treated as second-class at school and Val lying to get a boyfriend. These details raise questions about social pressure, but the story’s response to that pressure is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The plot includes deliberate manipulation, rumour-spreading, phone sabotage and breaking into cars. It also mentions heartbreak and social pressure around having a boyfriend.