Confidential Confessions 6
Posted: April 25, 2005 Filed under: Confidential Confessions Leave a comment »The final volume wasn’t one of my favorites. It covered the themes of stalking and bullying at school again. The last bullying story, a shorter one, almost felt like a throwaway because there was some sad, but then it twisted halfway through in a way that I didn’t find to be too realistic… I mean, I guess it could happen, it was just bizarre, and it was one of the rare times it portrayed a bully rather than a victim. I didn’t feel bad for the girl at all.
The first story was just creepy. Maybe because I can’t deal with stalkers. It was also left open-ended, sad, and almost sent the message that there’s no way you’ll get rid of a stalker, even if he attempts to take your life in front of the police. And the fact that he’d “stay with the girl for the rest of her life” was a disquieting way to end the story. Maybe I didn’t like it because it was just so unsettling… it was certainly good at that. It was good at a lot of things… the buildup and sequence of events was perfect, and the pacing felt great. It was just one of the stories in the series that hit closest to home, I guess… it was just… scary, really.
