Hurt is probably for readers aged over 14, not because of its complexity, but rather because of the mature topics it deals with. It follows seventeen-year-old Mathéo Walsh, champion diver and contender for the upcoming Olympics. Mathéo seemingly has it all: a wealthy, influential family, handsome good looks, straight A's and Lola: his doting girlfriend whom Mateo is deeply in love with.

Everything is perfect and normal, until one weekend that changes his life...except Mathéo can't, won't remember. All he knows is that everything he loves doesn't seem worth it anymore. Something terrible happened that weekend that left Mathéo in a battle with himself, tearing him apart from the inside. On this journey of discovering the truth about himself, Mathéo must piece together his life and the broken, fragmented memories of that weekend, to "find himself staring at the reflection of a monster". He is faced with a soul-destroying choice: expose his secret and risk losing the love of his life (Lola) or keep his secret and watch himself succumb to loneliness and depression.

This book was unlike anything I've ever read of its nature, and the ending took me by surprise. The book flicks back and forward around that "weekend", which I found a little confusing, as it only gave minute snippets of what happened that "weekend", but it adds to the mystery of the plot-line (which is the one of the main reasons I persevered with Hurt). The book was a little long-winded, with highly unnecessary paragraphs of description which, to be honest, got quite boring.

I enjoyed this book, but it got quite frustrating, as the book could move quite slowly. Overall, I thought this book was okay, but it was quite dull and repetitive in some parts, and on a slightly more shallow note, the boy on the cover was cute!

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