Reading Log 4

Title: No Good
Author: Helen Orme
Text Type: Short Story
Date Finished: 4/8/17

Summary
No good is based on a girl named Marie who is constantly bet up by her boyfriend Jay who is suspected to be a constant user of drugs.
Personal Response
The book started out about a normal family living in a normal neighbourhood before it took a dark turn. The book started off about a young girl named Marie and her family that was until they mentioned the boyfriend whose name was Jay. The Author portrayed Jay as a bully who likes to use his strength and power to rule his partner. We see this when he does not allow Marie to go see her old friends cause he fears that she might expose him for the monster that he truly is and he's worried that he is losing his power over her. The Author has linked this to the modern day world because this is happening all over the world but is a big factor with the gangs because they force these girls to do stuff that they normally wouldn't do but they are to scared to speak up about it or are on drugs and do not know what is happening.

The effects of drugs and/or alcohol can effect not only the user but the people close to the user. In this case where Marie gets effected by Jays use of alcohol because she is being forced into doing things and she is being held captive in her own life not being able to go out anywhere or even mail people online. This is seen when Jay goes as far as killing on of Marie's friends because he does not want her hanging out with him because he fears that she would spill his secret about how he bets her up. This shows us that Jay is a really dangerous person in the community and is willing to do anything to keep his secret untold to anyone. This links to a lot of communities in the modern day era with a rise of violence caused by people trying to get money for drugs or alcohol or they are high on drugs/ drunk on alcohol.