SuitabookCanary
Rachele Alpine
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the assault and bereavement are introduced; let the reader set the pace and pause if they want to talk or take a break.
- Themes
- Speaking out after an assault: After a teammate assaults her, Kate faces pressure from her father to stay silent and weighs the effects of speaking out. The overview establishes a conflict over disclosure, but not how the full story judges the competing pressures or resolves them.
- Grief and family strain: After her mother dies, Kate loses an important emotional support; her father withdraws and her brother enlists in the army. These circumstances establish grief and family disruption, but the overview does not show how relationships develop or are portrayed across the story.
- Status around the basketball team: Kate encounters idolatry around the team and privileges enjoyed by its inner circle. The overview identifies these social dynamics but does not establish whether the story criticises, endorses or complicates them.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes the death of Kate’s mother, family disintegration and an assault at a party. These events may warrant a check-in with a reader who finds grief or sexual violence difficult.