A review by karteabooks
Wrecked by Louisa Reid

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

 

I was so lucky to meet this author at Tasting Notes Live in April 2022 and was so VERY lucky to hear her read some of this book, which was just amazing to listen to. 

 

I admit that this is the first free verse book that I have read, and I honestly wish I had read this style of writing sooner. 

 

Joe and Imogen seem like the perfect couple — they've been in a relationship for years and are the envy of their friends at school. But after accidentally becoming involved a tragic fatal accident, they become embroiled in a situation out of their control, and Joe and Imogen's relationship becomes slowly unravelled until the truth is out there for all to see ... Structured around a dramatic and tense court case, the reader becomes judge and jury in a stunning and page-turning novel of uncovering secrets and lies — who can be believed? 

 

This was fast paced, hard hitting, and utterly absorbing! I couldn’t put it down and I read it in one sitting. I loved how the story developed and that there were so many layers and not just what was on the surface. I admit that I was #team Joe all the way through. Lots of topics are covered, toxic relationships, illness, grief, but it also deals with class and background differences and how this affects the way people are treated. This book has made me want to read more free verse and I can’t wait to read the author’s next book. 

 I highly recommend this.