Book Blog #7 Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Premise
Dreamland, is a realistic fiction novel written by Sarah Dessen. In the book, Caitlin, the main character, falls in love with a guy named Rogerson. She met him at a vacuum station with her friends after a cheerleading meet. They start hanging out a lot and eventually become a couple. But after a while, people notice that she is not acting the same. They know that Rogerson has been in trouble with the law and suggest her to not be with him. But, Caitlin doesn't listen to them. She also lost interest in cheerleading and quit. After a while, she calls him a "little kid" in a playful way, but Rogerson gets mad and punches her.  She was hurt, but couldn't do anything about it. She didn't want to break up with him either. Eventually, Caitlin is abused by Rogerson and gets a lot of bruises. She barely talks to anyone but Rogerson. He smokes and sells pot to a lot of people during parties. Caitlin then starts to smoke pot too. Her appearance changed a lot.

What I Just Read
After a cheerleading meet, Caitlin goes inside Rogerson's car. He was kind of mad that the banquet of cheerleading took long. He hated to wait. Then he asked her why she didn't show up in the afternoon. Caitlin explained everything to him that had happened when Rina was having an enormous crisis about breaking up with her boyfriend. He then is okay and tells her that he was worried that something was wrong. She told him to not be "such a big baby." and not to worry about it.  But Rogerson gets really mad and punches her hard in the face. He tells her to never talk to him like that. Then he starts the car and tries to go drop her off, but the traffic is so long. They don't say anything the whole way home. Once Caitlin gets home, she is worried about what her mother would say. She makes an excuse that someone accidentally punched her eye with their elbow and her mom believes it. I was surprised that Caitlin doesn't break up with him after he abuses her so much. I found out that the reason why she doesn't break up with him is because she can't stand to be with him.