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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hated the “surprise I’m gay” reveal, also the plot was super predictable
4.5 stars.
If you loved 13 Reasons Why (the book) and wish you could have that again: read this book. (I also agree with the description that it's Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars.)
If you read a ton of 'who is the killer' novels you'll figure out who it is pretty quickly (hence the 4.5 stars) but most readers will be surprised because it's very original!
Each of the main characters lso goes through a personal metamorphosis while figuring out what happened, which is beautiful. That "coming of age" aspect that happens along with the main plot is what keeps bringing me back to YA.
The audible was also terrific--I love when books do different voices for each of the main characters or narrators.
SUMMARY: 5 high school cliche's are in detention (nerd girl, jock, bad boy, prom queen, outcast) when the outcast suddenly drops dead. The police determined he was poisoned and the other 4 are suspects...and suspecting each other... and everyone has a secret that could have been motive to kill.
If you loved 13 Reasons Why (the book) and wish you could have that again: read this book. (I also agree with the description that it's Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars.)
If you read a ton of 'who is the killer' novels you'll figure out who it is pretty quickly (hence the 4.5 stars) but most readers will be surprised because it's very original!
Each of the main characters lso goes through a personal metamorphosis while figuring out what happened, which is beautiful. That "coming of age" aspect that happens along with the main plot is what keeps bringing me back to YA.
The audible was also terrific--I love when books do different voices for each of the main characters or narrators.
SUMMARY: 5 high school cliche's are in detention (nerd girl, jock, bad boy, prom queen, outcast) when the outcast suddenly drops dead. The police determined he was poisoned and the other 4 are suspects...and suspecting each other... and everyone has a secret that could have been motive to kill.
mysterious
medium-paced
The book was pretty entertaining, with many secrets revealed but even with all, I felt the final reveal very anticlimactic and by the end of it felt like I was let down
It was a very interesting book but I suspected it was a suicide a couple chapters in and my friend recommended it to me saying it was SUPER UNPREDICTABLE but I still loved it so 4.5 stars
Many things can be said about this book...but I'm sure I'd consider any of them compliments. I felt that the book was hard to follow, as it switched perspectives so often. Every character's voice was so similar that I constantly found myself flipping back to see who was narrating. The plot was okay, up until the end when you find out who the killer is... It turned out to be suicide, which always feels like a cheap ending in murder mysteries. It's like when authors throw in random new characters to fix plot holes. UGH.
If you like murder mysteries, perhaps you will enjoy this. Mysteries are not my forte, so perhaps that makes me bias.
I'd say get it from a library to test it out. Don't spend 20 dollars on the special edition hardcover as I did. Unless you REALLY want to. But still...libraries are our friends.
If you like murder mysteries, perhaps you will enjoy this. Mysteries are not my forte, so perhaps that makes me bias.
I'd say get it from a library to test it out. Don't spend 20 dollars on the special edition hardcover as I did. Unless you REALLY want to. But still...libraries are our friends.
el libro me gustó y es entretenido lo único malo que al principio no me enteraba de que personaje era cada uno pero luego ya te vas quedando y se entiende bien
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Estoy obsesionada con The Breakfast Club, la he visto tantas veces que me sé de memoria diálogos enteros. Ese fue el motivo por el cual añadí este libro a mi lista de pendientes meses antes de que lo publicaran, y también el motivo por el cual tarde años en leerlo: tenía miedo de desilusionarme de mis injustamente altas expectativas.
Pero si hay algo que me enseñó el 2020 es a dejar las altas expectativas atrás... muy, muy atrás (estar vivo ya es todo un logro y sufrir por un libro en vez de por la vida real es ganancia, so...)
Así que finalmente lo leí y no me arrepiento. La verdad es que es —sin dudas— un mal misterio, jamás lo recomendaría a fans del género (el final es previsible y anticlimatico), pero como entretenimiento es maravilloso. Altamente adictivo porque siempre está pasando algo, y yo estaba tipo, bueno un capítulo mas y pauso un rato, pero el capítulo siguiente tenía otro interrogatorio o secreto o flashback que nos hacía entender más a los personajes, y entonces tenía que seguir porque sentía que si dejaba de leer durante media hora podía perderme Cosas Importantes®.
Es ese tipo de historia que te hace sentir bien aunque las subtramas no siempre sean las más ligeras (justo como The Breakfast Club) y sí, aún cuando hubo un asesinato.
Now, where's the movie?
Pero si hay algo que me enseñó el 2020 es a dejar las altas expectativas atrás... muy, muy atrás (estar vivo ya es todo un logro y sufrir por un libro en vez de por la vida real es ganancia, so...)
Así que finalmente lo leí y no me arrepiento. La verdad es que es —sin dudas— un mal misterio, jamás lo recomendaría a fans del género (el final es previsible y anticlimatico), pero como entretenimiento es maravilloso. Altamente adictivo porque siempre está pasando algo, y yo estaba tipo, bueno un capítulo mas y pauso un rato, pero el capítulo siguiente tenía otro interrogatorio o secreto o flashback que nos hacía entender más a los personajes, y entonces tenía que seguir porque sentía que si dejaba de leer durante media hora podía perderme Cosas Importantes®.
Es ese tipo de historia que te hace sentir bien aunque las subtramas no siempre sean las más ligeras (justo como The Breakfast Club) y sí, aún cuando hubo un asesinato.
Now, where's the movie?