Author:Ginger Scott
Genre: ,Young Adult, Sports, Romance, High School
Rating: 5+stars
I love my home. I just hate what living here makes people do.
Ginger Scott needs to stop making me cry. No, seriously. This needs to stop. I have read five of her novels and I haveBAWLED with each one of them. I don't know how she does it. It feels personal, like she is targeting just me, like she knows JUST what to write to make eyes water.
“There’s this great thing that happens, though, when you don’t have everything. You find something deeper."
There aren't enough words to convey how BEAUTIFUL The Hard Count is. Ginger Scott creates a story that is so thought provoking, so enlightening and so subtle in its beauty.
My family’s success gives me pleasure—even when it’s killing us.
The Hard Count follows the story of Reagan Prescott, the daughter of the football couch and the sister of the leading quarterback, Noah. Reagan Prescott has a love for film and her submission video for college focuses on the infamous football team and most importantly the sacrifices and pain that come from holding that Prestige. Her film showcases what football and an elite (cough cough shady) school does to her family, to her relationships. There is this idea of perfection; Being the perfect daughter, the perfect sister, the perfect family. I honestly think the word "perfect" should be erased from the english dictionary, it would save us the trouble.
And I will be what you need because I know what it’s like to need…to need someone. To need to believe again. I believe…
While Reagan delves deeper into her documentary, she realises Nico Medina is the heart of her story. After a tragic game, that leaves Noah with a fractured leg, Nico Medina has to step into the big shoes left by the injured quarterback. The football team is all about Honor, Respect and Brotherhood. Despite this, most of the team does not accept Nico's place on the team. There is the school board, the boosters, the coaching team, the school politics who are all against him. But football has never been about anyone else but himself, he plays because HE loves it.
I want my camera. I want the safety of living this part through the lens. I don’t want to be part of the story, but I am.
Through this journey, Nico and Reagan change from being class enemies to each other's confidants. They build a foundation made of respect, empathy for one other and love. Reagan watches through her lens as different elements and people try to break Nico. But they don't know him. Reagan begins to see who he really is. He is one of the smartest individuals she has ever met, he is also the kindest. He has so much love for his family, his home. He is loyal, he is strong, he is so so so STRONG (I am trying really hard not to cry). There are so many curveballs thrown. I honestly don't know how someone can continue to stand up after being shoved down several times.
This—this is hard. The quiet. It’s too honest.
The Hard Count focuses on perspectives and lenses. The way different people see the world. How sometimes we only see our mistakes when we critically look at ourselves. How people we love see all our redeeming qualities. It is all about your outlook on life. It is about switching out lenses to have the one that magnifies the world YOU believe in.
Nico is the twist in the tale. He’s the element of good. He’s what humanity should be—the lesson to be learned. He is hope.
The Hard Count made me feel thinks I didn't think I could. I was taken back by the force of emotions. Ginger Scott definitely did what she set out to do. She made me feel.
“We failed to learn from the stories that warned us that if we create environments that perpetuate poverty, that force the people in them to beg and steal, then we’re equally to blame for many of their outcomes.”
I love my home. I just hate what living here makes people do.
Ginger Scott needs to stop making me cry. No, seriously. This needs to stop. I have read five of her novels and I haveBAWLED with each one of them. I don't know how she does it. It feels personal, like she is targeting just me, like she knows JUST what to write to make eyes water.
“There’s this great thing that happens, though, when you don’t have everything. You find something deeper."
There aren't enough words to convey how BEAUTIFUL The Hard Count is. Ginger Scott creates a story that is so thought provoking, so enlightening and so subtle in its beauty.
My family’s success gives me pleasure—even when it’s killing us.
The Hard Count follows the story of Reagan Prescott, the daughter of the football couch and the sister of the leading quarterback, Noah. Reagan Prescott has a love for film and her submission video for college focuses on the infamous football team and most importantly the sacrifices and pain that come from holding that Prestige. Her film showcases what football and an elite (cough cough shady) school does to her family, to her relationships. There is this idea of perfection; Being the perfect daughter, the perfect sister, the perfect family. I honestly think the word "perfect" should be erased from the english dictionary, it would save us the trouble.
And I will be what you need because I know what it’s like to need…to need someone. To need to believe again. I believe…
While Reagan delves deeper into her documentary, she realises Nico Medina is the heart of her story. After a tragic game, that leaves Noah with a fractured leg, Nico Medina has to step into the big shoes left by the injured quarterback. The football team is all about Honor, Respect and Brotherhood. Despite this, most of the team does not accept Nico's place on the team. There is the school board, the boosters, the coaching team, the school politics who are all against him. But football has never been about anyone else but himself, he plays because HE loves it.
I want my camera. I want the safety of living this part through the lens. I don’t want to be part of the story, but I am.
Through this journey, Nico and Reagan change from being class enemies to each other's confidants. They build a foundation made of respect, empathy for one other and love. Reagan watches through her lens as different elements and people try to break Nico. But they don't know him. Reagan begins to see who he really is. He is one of the smartest individuals she has ever met, he is also the kindest. He has so much love for his family, his home. He is loyal, he is strong, he is so so so STRONG (I am trying really hard not to cry). There are so many curveballs thrown. I honestly don't know how someone can continue to stand up after being shoved down several times.
This—this is hard. The quiet. It’s too honest.
The Hard Count focuses on perspectives and lenses. The way different people see the world. How sometimes we only see our mistakes when we critically look at ourselves. How people we love see all our redeeming qualities. It is all about your outlook on life. It is about switching out lenses to have the one that magnifies the world YOU believe in.
Nico is the twist in the tale. He’s the element of good. He’s what humanity should be—the lesson to be learned. He is hope.
The Hard Count made me feel thinks I didn't think I could. I was taken back by the force of emotions. Ginger Scott definitely did what she set out to do. She made me feel.
“We failed to learn from the stories that warned us that if we create environments that perpetuate poverty, that force the people in them to beg and steal, then we’re equally to blame for many of their outcomes.”
