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michelle_pink_polka_dot's review
4.0
When Carly died, no one lost more than Neily and Audrey.
Carly was Audrey's cousin. Her best friend. Her dad was convicted of the murder, but Audrey knows there's no way he did it. Now she's determined to find out the truth.
Neily is the one who found Carly's body. She was his ex-girlfriend. The one who broke his heart and publicly humiliated him, but the one he couldn't get over. He feels guilty that he didn't answer his phone the night before her death and can't let himself off the hook for not helping when he could have.
Neily and Audrey are NOT friends. But Audrey needs Neily's help to prove that her dad is innocent... and Neily agrees to help because he can't get Carly out of his head. So a year after Carly's death, these two begin an investigation into the behind-the-scenes at their exclusive school.
My Thoughts:
I've been reading more YA Mysteries than usual. I guess I've just been in that kind of mood. This book was everything that you would want in a mystery. It was suspenseful, entertaining, and had me completely addicted. The kids in this book are for the most part privileged... but that doesn't stop them from getting into some pretty dark stuff. After Carly loses her mother she trades in her loving boyfriend Neily, for the popular drug dealing Adam. She drops out of the special honors program and she starts keeping secrets, even from Audrey, the one who brought her into the popular crowd. The evidence against Audrey's dad for murder seems open-and-shut... but the cops don't know the inner workings of the popular kids the way Audrey does.
Neily has always hated the crowd that Carly and Audrey got mixed up in. He never had time for people that were so caught up in themselves. So he would like nothing better to bring down the guy who stole Carly from him. The guy who took a sad girl who had just lost her mother, and changed her completely.
I liked that the book was told in alternating perspectives... but I think I would have been just as happy if it was narrated by only Neily. He was the character that got my attention. He was almost too smart, but also completely damaged inside from Carly's betrayal and death. I really liked reading about his pain and insights.
So if you're reading this and you like a whodunit mystery, you should definitely read this! It kept me guessing until right before the end. I did figure out who did a few pages before it was revealed... but couldn't figure out why. Actually I'm still a little foggy on why.
OVERALL: A true YA Mystery that will keep you guessing and also pull at your heartstrings. It has the emotion of 2 people who have lost someone so important to them and you have this mystery that begs to be solved. A book you could read in a day for sure!
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Carly was Audrey's cousin. Her best friend. Her dad was convicted of the murder, but Audrey knows there's no way he did it. Now she's determined to find out the truth.
Neily is the one who found Carly's body. She was his ex-girlfriend. The one who broke his heart and publicly humiliated him, but the one he couldn't get over. He feels guilty that he didn't answer his phone the night before her death and can't let himself off the hook for not helping when he could have.
Neily and Audrey are NOT friends. But Audrey needs Neily's help to prove that her dad is innocent... and Neily agrees to help because he can't get Carly out of his head. So a year after Carly's death, these two begin an investigation into the behind-the-scenes at their exclusive school.
My Thoughts:
I've been reading more YA Mysteries than usual. I guess I've just been in that kind of mood. This book was everything that you would want in a mystery. It was suspenseful, entertaining, and had me completely addicted. The kids in this book are for the most part privileged... but that doesn't stop them from getting into some pretty dark stuff. After Carly loses her mother she trades in her loving boyfriend Neily, for the popular drug dealing Adam. She drops out of the special honors program and she starts keeping secrets, even from Audrey, the one who brought her into the popular crowd. The evidence against Audrey's dad for murder seems open-and-shut... but the cops don't know the inner workings of the popular kids the way Audrey does.
Neily has always hated the crowd that Carly and Audrey got mixed up in. He never had time for people that were so caught up in themselves. So he would like nothing better to bring down the guy who stole Carly from him. The guy who took a sad girl who had just lost her mother, and changed her completely.
I liked that the book was told in alternating perspectives... but I think I would have been just as happy if it was narrated by only Neily. He was the character that got my attention. He was almost too smart, but also completely damaged inside from Carly's betrayal and death. I really liked reading about his pain and insights.
So if you're reading this and you like a whodunit mystery, you should definitely read this! It kept me guessing until right before the end. I did figure out who did a few pages before it was revealed... but couldn't figure out why. Actually I'm still a little foggy on why.
OVERALL: A true YA Mystery that will keep you guessing and also pull at your heartstrings. It has the emotion of 2 people who have lost someone so important to them and you have this mystery that begs to be solved. A book you could read in a day for sure!
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que_bella's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. From the start it hooked we with the incredible synopsis and kept me guessing at every turn. Not to mention the genius use of POV and relatable heartbreaking characters that I won't forget. If you're looking for something new (or a story of lost love, friendship, forgiveness, and a touch of murder) then this book is a most read. I loved it.
viktrei26's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
readingundertheradar's review
4.0
This was a really well-crafted and all-around great mystery. I loved that it didn't lean into thriller at all, and even though it was teens solving a murder, it didn't feel campy or trite, and the characters grappling with heavy and conflicting emotions was handled very well. There was a lot of buildup in the first half and action in the second half that could have been evened out a bit, but overall enjoyed this one.
CW: rape, underage drug use and abuse, stalking, date-rape drugging, gun violence, fist fighting
CW: rape, underage drug use and abuse, stalking, date-rape drugging, gun violence, fist fighting
tlandrews's review
3.0
Closer to a 3.5. The one part I didn't like about this book was when Adam pretty much spilled his guts to Neily. Adam was portrayed as this hardcore drug dealer the entire book, so I didn't really see him breaking down like that.
I loved that I figured out who did it and I was right.
I loved that I figured out who did it and I was right.
books_plan_create's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I don't want to say too much for fear of giving something away...really enjoyable!
feeona's review against another edition
3.0
Dieses Buch hinterlässt mich mit etwas gemischten Gefühlen.
Einerseits habe ich recht lange gebraucht um Interesse an der Geschichte zu finden und fand das Ende dann auch nicht überraschend oder herausragend, manche Sachen waren mir zu aufgesetzt und schlicht gestrickt, aber auf der anderen Seite hat es irgendwann wirklich Spaß gemacht zu lesen und hat mir auch gefallen.
In dem Buch geht es nicht nur darum einen Mord aufzuklären, es geht hauptsächlich um Liebe, Freundschaft und vor allem darum, mit der Vergangenheit abzuschließen. Und das kriegt das Buch ganz gut hin. Einen Thriller würde ich es nicht nennen, aber es ist ein ganz netter Roman mit Krimifaktor. Mit 14 hätte mir das Buch vermutlich besser gefallen als jetzt, aber naja, es hat es auf jeden Fall geschafft mich einige Stunden ans Sofa zu fesseln.
Einerseits habe ich recht lange gebraucht um Interesse an der Geschichte zu finden und fand das Ende dann auch nicht überraschend oder herausragend, manche Sachen waren mir zu aufgesetzt und schlicht gestrickt, aber auf der anderen Seite hat es irgendwann wirklich Spaß gemacht zu lesen und hat mir auch gefallen.
In dem Buch geht es nicht nur darum einen Mord aufzuklären, es geht hauptsächlich um Liebe, Freundschaft und vor allem darum, mit der Vergangenheit abzuschließen. Und das kriegt das Buch ganz gut hin. Einen Thriller würde ich es nicht nennen, aber es ist ein ganz netter Roman mit Krimifaktor. Mit 14 hätte mir das Buch vermutlich besser gefallen als jetzt, aber naja, es hat es auf jeden Fall geschafft mich einige Stunden ans Sofa zu fesseln.
vtlism's review
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
I absolutely hated this. I should have stopped reading but I guess I was hoping it would improve. For a book that's realism, the dialog was unbelievable (and terrible) for teenagers. It sounded like fake noir dialogue. The writing was all cerebral and I didn't get a good sense of any physicality. The characters were uniformly uncomplex and unlikable. I kept wondering why this story. And why is it so long for such a slow plot. It even had this awful point of dual monologues giving the "lessons" of the story, wedged in there as "You know, my grandmother always says...." Ugh! Huge waste of time. This took her 7 years to write - jfc. Deeply uncompelling.