Haley Newlin’s Reviews > Night of Madness > Status Update

“Some people only exist to be cruel.”

Mara lives in survival mode

“I have no choice but to have faith through anything and everything. To believe I have what it takes to at least live to see another day.”

This one moment of panic and claustrophobia captures what it’s like to read a Laurel Hightower book 😄

“social media can never capture the full story. There are always things we have to pull back.”

I really relate to Mara’s reflections on the friends she’s had, how she’s concealed parts of herself to fit in or be accepted, being the “other”

“I’ve always hated following a group. Solitude has come easier to me…I was a fixture on the outer edge of friend circles—smiling when they laughed, nodding when they gossiped, always the extra. None of those friends stuck. Something was always off.”

“there are little horrors in this competition peeking through the spectacle, which have altered me to true danger.”

I love the blurred line between reality and spectacle

“Money’s funny, isn’t it? It makes you rewire. Reprioritize. Rebrand your intentions.”

The competition is so much about exposure
“Every single one of us has something to hide.”

SMILE FOR THE SCREEN