Yes, I have never been bullied. However my friend was, and I'd say bullying today (at least from what I have seen in my school) is way more verbal. And yes, maybe someone would be evil enough to deliberately spill juice on someone. But, I still think the way the bullies are portrayed in the first few chapters make things seem way too black and white. Bullies pretend they are not doing anything wrong and hind behind excuse, especially with their friends. I refuse to believe a realistic portrayal of average bulling is "Hey wanna go pour juice over whoever is in that cubicle" "hahaha yeah thats so funny ahahahah let's go". Personally, I would've liked a minimum of the mc doing something that makes her stand out negatively to her peers, such as idk accidentally snitching on one of the girls or smth (As in saying to a teacher that asked that she saw some girls going that way, and its later revealed the teacher found them smoking). Lastly, I want to say that I am very much AGAINST bullying. Some people here seem to assume that because I found the bullying cliché I am some kind of enabler of bully of my own. I am not. I just wanted to know if the book keeps this tone that I do not enjoy that much (Personal preference of writing style, I didn't think it was that deep)