Book Review : Dead Beautiful

Dead Beautiful - Yvonne Woon

What is it about?

At Gottfried Academy, just one kiss will take your breath away. After Renee discovers her parents dead in what appears to be a strange double murder, she is sent to Gottfried Academy, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, 'crude sciences', and Latin: the Language of the Dead. Here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student who harbors a deadly secret, but to whom she feels inexplicably drawn. Despite himself, Dante cannot control his attraction to Renee either and their desires gradually deepen into a complex and dangerous romance. But Dante's not the only one with secrets...Gottfried Academy has a few of its own.

My Thoughts

Dead Beautiful is the debut novel  from Yvonne Woon and what a rollercoaster ride she takes us on within this novel, which is what I love from a debut novel.

First we join Renee who seems to a normal teenage girl at school who’s life seems to be perfect with the best friend, boyfriend and job. However tragedy strikes with the untimely and suspicious death of her parents. Things change for Renee when she goes to live with her estranged grandfather who enrols her to Gottfried Academy much to Renee’s displeasure. Things at Gottfried Academy are not what they appear to be as the school has many dark secrets of its own. At the Academy she meets the mysterious Dante (who take my word for it is very much the dark mysterious stranger and I fell for him from his first appearance within the book)

 Throughout the book it had me on tenterhooks, there are so many suprises, I would so reccomend it if anyone wants a dark gothical romance novel, then read it. :)

Overall rating: 5/5 :D

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Until next time.

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Discrimination

Normally I am not a fan of Katie Price but personal feelings aside of her, I was watching a documentary that she produced about her son Harvey, who has a number of disabilities. The aim of the documentary was to get to the bottom why her son was used in a joke by comedian Frankie Boyle. Personally I thought the joke was disgusting and people were actually laughing, how can anyone call that humour?

This is the problem with today’s society people are always discriminating against other people just because they have something wrong with them.  One of the main groups who are always stigmatised for having something wrong with them is people who have mental health issues and disabilities.

Discrimination happens everywhere whether in the work place to health. Mind the mental health charity has a campaign going called ‘Time to Change’ which basically focuses on changing the way how people think towards people with mental health problems. The results from the campaign so far say that the campaign is working however only a little. I personally think that more needs to be done not just by Mind but the government needs to be stepping in as well.

The discrimination and stigma towards people with mental health problems will only be reduced if people start changing their attitudes.

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Until next time.

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