A review by lacyduckie
Truthers by Geoffrey Girard

3.0

It’d happened more than fifteen years ago, when she was maybe two, and she had no personal memory of that day, or of the weeks or months that followed. So, yeah, it was tragic and all that, but from a completely selfish, and honest, point of view, 9/11 was ancient history. It had about as much effect on her as Kennedy getting shot or the Titanic sinking. None. Unless . . . Unless her dad’s “freaky and sporadic interest” was more than that. Much more.

Truthers is a YA thriller about the conspiracies that surround 9/11. I've owned the book for a little less than a year but I decided to wait for September to actually read it. For obvious reasons.

As someone who loves conspiracies and theories, Truthers was an interesting read. It had a great build up and kept me wanting to read just one more chapter but then the ending kind of fell flat. Nothing really got resolved. But I guess that's fitting for a story about conspiracy theories because most of the time they don't have any real resolution. I still think it's a decent book.

Heads up, it's a hard book to find information on and after reading, the irony isn't lost on me. 👀

“So, what do you do after the buildings fall or the doors slam and there’s nothing but silence left? Maybe that ‘after’ is what counts. Your actions, your feelings. Maybe that’s the only real truth we ever get. And maybe that’s enough.”