My daughter (13) has been having a horrible time at school this past couple of weeks. She made a huge mistake on social media which has caused her to be shunned by her class and bullied by a few people relentlessly. The school are involved and being great and I think it will settle down eventually but now I’ve made a mistake of my own.
To cheer her up I offered to buy her a book and she chose Tokyo ghoul, recommended by a friend of hers.
She devoured it but wouldn’t let me even look inside the book which led me to read up on it and I’m not impressed. I feel stupid giving a depressed isolated child a book filled with self harm, suicide, rape and gore to cheer her up. I can’t believe I did that!
I won’t be buying part 2 so wondered if there are any alternatives that could be recommended? She’s read your name, silent voice, orange and spider and me. She struggles with reading so comics and manga are what she prefers.