personal review notes:

C 8/10
A 7/10
W 6/10
P 8/10
I 7/10
L 5/10
E 6/10

-> 6.7/10
-> 3 stars

C: the characters were well described & memorable, there were just a whole lot of relevant side characters, so that i lost track of who some of them were.
A: was good, nothing outstanding
W: i found it a bit confusing that it was in third person, but also a lot in first person when pippa wrote her epq
in the beginning the writing style felt very much for children. but overall i felt it was a great mix between being suitable for teens as well as adults.
P: at first i wasn't so sure if i liked it, but in the end the plot twists did really surprise me. sometimes there were things that were clear too me much before pippa caught them, for example when it was mentions, that naomi is now using a pre paid sim card because her phone is broken, that instantly rang all alarm bells for me but pippa didn't think anything of it till much later. on the other hand there were things i didn't catch at all until pippa mentioned them.
I: at first it dragged a tiny bit and the writing style bothered me a bit. in the end i was really intrigued though.
L: as mentioned above, something there were super obvious things, that pippa missed & sometimes she connected things that i wouldn't have seen her result as a logic conclusion. but over all there wasn't a big hole in the logic, that would have bothered me.
E: i enjoyed this book more than i thought i would, but in the end, it is a book for teens.

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wylanslcve's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

somehow this was even better listening to the audiobook??? I’ve never gotten through an audiobook so quickly. I’ve set a new personal record!!! that’s what happens when you spend the entire day crocheting I suppose.

my only issue with this is how unrealistic it felt at times (mainly when it came to suspects casually confessing things they probably shouldn’t be to a random high school student), hence why my rating is slightly lower than it was when I first read it (where it was a 4.75). apart from that, I’m back in my agggtm era and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

also pipravi my beloveds <3

(yes I deleted my old review because um what was that??? 😀)

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icedlemonade's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

IT WAS MR WARD I SWEAR I NEVER WOULDVE GUESSED

I would give this book as many stars as I could, all of it goes to Holly Jackson herself, the wonderful author of this masterpiece

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booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

This is not my normal genre and it had me hooked!

The idea of a high school student reopening a murder that happened five years ago to prove the killer didn’t do it for her senior capstone project, pulled me in and kept me there right away. I could not figure it out for the life of me who did it right until the very end. I do recommend checking the content warnings because there are some big ones for this.

Overall a compelling and gripping ya thriller mystery!

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