There are many things I liked about this story. Two gulps of vodka later, my eyes are watering and my throat automatically grumbles “Ahhhhh” to get rid of the burning. Until there’s no mystery, until there are no more secrets, until there is nothing left to do. Would it have made any difference at all? I still wonder if the ending would have been different if Vera did something. Also it gives us some good lessons about being human, about making mistakes, about trying to change what’s wrong, about what-if ‘s, about being too late, about deciding to do something while you still can… Because we can learn from their errors, we could be so much better, we could do so much more.
“Please Ignore Vera Dietz” is a story that deals with some complex subjects. If we’re supposed to ignore everything that’s wrong with our lives, then I can’t see how we’ll make things right What do you do when the secret is not yours to tell? What you do when you know someone else’s secret? To ignore the kids that were mean, her mother than never cared, her father that was unhappy, the screams from the next door, the bruise on the boy’s skin.Īnd all she wanted was to be ignored as well. Like one hand clappingĪll her life Vera’s been thought to ‘ignore’. “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”
Until there was no longer a boy and a girl. They’ve been friends since forever, they cared for each other, they played and went to school together, they were inseparable. A worthy, well-crafted addition to any YA collection.Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl. Although King’s characters turn into the people they’ve long fought to avoid becoming, they ultimately rise above their challenges, reflect, and move on. Father and daughter wade gingerly through long-concealed emotions about Vera’s mother’s leaving the family, creating the most powerful redemption story of the many found in King’s arresting tale. Chapters titled “A Brief Word from Ken Dietz (Vera’s Dad)” are surprising, heartfelt, and tragic it’s through Ken that readers see how quickly alcohol and compromised decision making are destroying Vera’s carefully constructed existence. Vera’s struggle to put Charlie and his besmirched name behind her are at the crux of this witty, thought-provoking novel, but most memorable is the gorgeous unfurling of Vera’s relationship with her father.
But after Charlie betrayed her, it became impossible to fend off her classmates’ cruel attacks or isolate herself any longer. But does Vera want to help him after what he did to her? Charlie’s risky, compulsive behavior and brand-new bad-news pals proved to be his undoing, while Vera’s mantra was always “Please Ignore Vera Dietz,” as she strives, with Charlie’s help, to maintain a low profile and keep her family life private. High-school senior Vera never expects her ex-best friend, Charlie, to haunt her after he dies and beg her to clear his name of a horrible accusation surrounding his death.
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