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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Jessica is attending her 10 year college reunion. During her senior year, her roommate, Heather, was murdered which caused their group of 7 friends to drift apart. At the reunion, heathers brother Eric confronts them and says he knows one of them did it.
Everyone had a motive, and no one had an airtight alibi. As the book progresses, various people are ruled out. Jessica blacked out the night of the murder and even suspects herself at one point.
One person was gay. One used steroids. One took Chinese diet pills and gave them to heather the night she died (I think they made her sleepy although I may have misunderstood that since diet pills are uppers). One sold drugs. And the other spied on everyone else. Jessica’s boyfriend Mint had no motive.
When heather passed out Frank took her home. He put her in Jessica’s bed by mistake. Mint, a subtle misogynist throughout the book, was angry that Jessica’s professor forced her to sleep with him for a letter or rec. mint blamed Jessica and tried to kill her, not knowing it was heather in the bed.
When confronted in the present day he attacks Jessica before being pushed out of a window by Eric.
The characters were interesting although the mystery itself suffered because it ad a pattern of suspicion being placed on one person until they were cleared. Mint was an asshole in subtle ways but it was there from the start so while the specific circumstances weren’t obvious his guilt was easy to guess.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was twisted. every person in this book was fucked up in some way, and SHEESH that plot twist had me shocked
This book was so good! At first I thought I knew what was going to happen, but the twist and info kept on coming.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hated every character. But that was the point…..
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
what a snoozefest. i hated the characters, the plot, the twists, the ending. almost every scene had me rolling my eyes, the friend group was so uninteresting and insufferable. i could not sympathize with the main character and her daddy sob story, her love life had me irritated and being in her mind felt like hell. none of this was entertaining, i couldn't care less, at one point toward the ending i wished everybody just died.