Some Girls Are was powerful, raw, emotional, unflinchingly honest, realistic and brutal. Some Girls Are tells us the story of Regina Afton, a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, the most feared (and hated) clique at their high school. The book starts at the beginning of a party and things get out of control with Regina almost becoming a victim of rape. She barely manages to escape and the psychological scars wills. Instead of her "friends" believing her, they accuse her of seducing Anna's boyfriend Donnie. Things get progressively worse from then on. Let me start by saying that none of the characters were particularly likable, some were loathsome even. The only exception being (maybe) Michael. When the story begins you sympathize with Regina and feel sorry for what happened and continues to happen to her. But as the story unfolds secrets are revealed and we find out about the horrible things Regina did herself. You can't help but be torn about how to feel from that point on. (I'm not talking about Regina being almost raped, because as Michael said, no one deserves that. No one.) Yet Courtney Summers never makes you feel like Regina deserves the bullying and she really makes you feel the rage Regina feels, how desperately she wants revenge. But if you go down that path it becomes a vicious, never-ending circle. None of the feelings in Some Girls Are are sugarcoated for the reader. They're brutally honest and give you a good insight into Regina's mind and even the minor characters. The writing is not bloomy or flourished, it's efficient as it needs to be. Some Girls Are can be a very quick read but sometimes I got completely swept up in Regina's rage or was so horrified by the bullying that I had to put it down for a while to calm myself. Some Girls Are is a powerful book and more people need to read it. It will definitely stick with me.