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The character that grabbed me the most is Terry. She was bold and didn't care what people thought about her, or so we thought. It seemed as though Alison started most of their "romantic encounters" and Terry never seemed to make the first move, so it could be said that Alison wore the pants in their relationship, even though Terry seemed like she would be. When Alison basically dragged her out of the closet Terry was mad, even though rumors had been spreading for ages about her during the read-a-thon, she wasn't ready yet to face up to them and walk her talk. I think that being a little hypocritical is one of the human weaknesses that was all have, and its nice to see a character that has this as their character flaw. She cared about what people thought about her, and she didn't like that she did. Terry showed that she cared for Alison's wellbeing and was a very loyal friend when she made Alison eat food after she found out she was leaving food for Roy. She seemed like a friend I would like to have.

I think the parts that were hardest for me to read were the parts where it describes her parents, especially her mother, dealing with the fact of Roy's death and the way in which Alison seems to be dealing with it. When I read the part where her mother tells her that "lesbians will burn in hell!" I almost wanted to throw the book at the wall because her mother was so close minded that she couldn't even hear of her daughter doing a report about the history of homosexuality. Another part that really bothered me was when her mom is trying to set Alison up with Dan. Her mother doesn't even register the fact that her daughter has been asked to an all night concert by a boy and his friends, she just deletes that fact from her hard drive and focuses in on her daughter going somewhere with a boy.