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A review by bgg616
The Monsters We Make by Kali White
3.0
This is a thriller about kidnapped and murdered boys set in the early 80's. The writer pays attention to details of the time, and I didn't find any glaring anachronisms. It was surprising to me that there was such a lack of awareness of pedophiles in this time period.
The protagonist is an 17-year-old girl, Crystal, who lives with her younger brother, 12, and her mother, a hairdresser. She is focused on becoming a print journalist. In the 1980's, this was still a viable career, unlike now. Two newspaper boys in her town have disappeared. Worried about her brother, she starts going with him on his rounds. There are two suspects throughout the story, until the guilty man is discovered. The one detail that was "off" were Crystal's worries about financing for her college education. I am pretty sure even in the early 80's students could file FAFSA's for federal financial aid, and given her academic achievements, and her family's borderline poverty, she would have gotten more than $1000 a year from her university (cost was $4000 a year).
This was a satisfactory story. I rate it 3.5, but not enough for a 4 star rating.
The protagonist is an 17-year-old girl, Crystal, who lives with her younger brother, 12, and her mother, a hairdresser. She is focused on becoming a print journalist. In the 1980's, this was still a viable career, unlike now. Two newspaper boys in her town have disappeared. Worried about her brother, she starts going with him on his rounds. There are two suspects throughout the story, until the guilty man is discovered. The one detail that was "off" were Crystal's worries about financing for her college education. I am pretty sure even in the early 80's students could file FAFSA's for federal financial aid, and given her academic achievements, and her family's borderline poverty, she would have gotten more than $1000 a year from her university (cost was $4000 a year).
This was a satisfactory story. I rate it 3.5, but not enough for a 4 star rating.