SuitabookThe last time we were us
Leah Konen
- Reading
- Check in after the early revelations about Jason and the attack, then revisit the balance between empathy and accountability. After finishing, discuss whether popularity or romance changes Liz’s choices and why.
- Themes
- Trust, reputation and social judgement: Liz must decide whether to renew a friendship with Jason while others insist that he is dangerous and she risks losing her new social position. The situation invites scrutiny of how reputations are formed and whether personal knowledge can challenge group opinion; it does not by itself establish that either side is wholly right.
- Personal choice under pressure: Liz’s popularity, friendships, romantic hopes and family plans pull her towards different choices while others tell her what to think and be. The book presents the pressures shaping Liz’s decisions and follows her internal struggle, without enough information to determine which choices it ultimately endorses.
- Accountability after harm: Jason returns after being sent to juvenile detention for attacking Innis’s older brother, while questions remain about what happened that night. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Be ready for references to alcohol, sex, romance and loss, alongside a past violent attack and juvenile detention. The treatment is described as frank and realistic, but the ending and the handling of consequences remain unclear.