'Rape is the perfect crime because the victim is the guilty one. Anger that leads to such overwhelming shame. She's angry at those who raped her, and she's angry at herself.
She's running, and that seems to be working for her, so far.Īs I said, she's angry. Might not be the best of solutions, but she's trying to move forward in the only way she knows how. She dropped out of uni, moved to Manly, got herself a job as a cook at a cafe in the evenings so she can surf in the morning. Despite this, she is strong, and is trying to get on with her life. But she leaves it at the beach when she paddles into the ocean to surf. Sometimes she doesn't see the point in trying to find the surface. She is drowning in her pain, and can't see the surface. Inside Carly's head, her pain is enough to hurt you too. It's not very graphic, but it doesn't need to be. The rape happens before the book starts, but we have flashbacks. And Eagar does a wonderful job giving those people a voice. Some people swim, but others sink, and those who sink deserve to have their stories told, too. I said already that I thought Raw Blue was going to be similar to Easy, but though there are Jacquelines who fight for control over their own life with their heads held high, there are also Carlys, who have had their self-worth dashed. Carly has been shattered by what happened to her her shame is limitless, and she feels if people knew, she would be shunned. Raw Blue is such a wonderful book, but it's a hard one. 'When I was eighteen three men broke me in, and they left marks on my body, too.' Some secrets won't stay buried, but blocking things out is the only way she can stay afloat. The more time she spends with him, the harder it is to hide her past. But then she meets Ryan, and Carly can't stay away. She doesn't have to think of the reasons for taking life one day at a time, living for surfing, and blocking everything else out. When she's out in the ocean, she doesn't have to think about her issues with her parents, that she has no friends, that she's desperate to be alone. When Carly is surfing, nothing else matters. Raw Blue is an amazing story, but not in the way I thought it would be. Having an idea of what Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar was going to be about, I was looking forward to reading what I thought be an awesome novel along the lines of Easy by Tammara Webber. Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy? From Goodreads When Ryan learns the truth, Carly has to decide. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week.Īnd then Carly meets Ryan, a local at the break, fresh out of jail.
Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar (review copy) - Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café.
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