The Tenth Circle question

'It was not a coincidence... that no and know sounded the same. You were supposed to be able to say the magic word, and that was enough to make your wishes - or lack of them - crystal clear. Bu no one ever said yes to make sex consensual. You took hints from body language... Why, then, didn't a shake of the head or a hand pushing hard against a chest speak just as loudly? Why did you actually have to actually say the word NO for it to be rape?' This just capped it all. In this paragraph is the message that is never listened to, acknowledged, and respected.

She did it for revenge. If i remember correctly, near the end it says that she planned to make him pay for breaking up with her, everything got out of hand and everything got out of countrol.

Okay, I understand why it looks like she only wants revenge, however it is hard to actually respect the argument that it isn't rape, when you guys making the argument are probably sipping your tea on your couches perfectly calm. You need to consider that she was not in a cozy, tea sipping situation. Trixie was already under emotional distress, and then the rape happened. yes, RAPE. If any of you have ever made love, you would know that you can tell if someone wants it or not by their body movements and eyes. Eye contact is everything, and as someone who has been a victim of rape, i think i can fairly say that i was not the problem, and neither is Trixie. It doesn't matter how you are dressed, or if you are even MARRIED to that person! being pinned down and raped, sometimes you can't exactly say no, your mind shuts down. You can't speak, can't breathe, can't feel anything, and yet you manage to feel everything all at once. He pinned her down and ripped her shirt from the struggle, and it's not like they regularly did BDSM, she didn't describe their other sexual interactions as this rough. She pushed and cried and bled and froze and stared at the carpet, she pictured she was watching from above, she had to detach herself. And especially if it is someone you know, which she knew Jason pretty well... it makes it even worse. Honestly, please don't fall to quick assumptions, she definitely had some responsibility, she knew drugs and alcohol would impair her judgment, and even though, yes, Trixie is fictional, this kind of rape isn't.

Reading this was the first time I struggled with JPs books. The comic book illustrations left me cold - skipped them completely. The plot line was confusing in that it had a married couple who didn't get each other or realise that their daughters life was out totally out of control. The Alaska background and road race was so bizarre in the middle of a teenagers first break-up that I almost gave up but I struggled on wanting the whole thing to be over asap