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You'll Be the Death of Me
by Karen M. McManus
You’ll be the death of me is a first for me from this author. It wasn’t a great introduction. Judging by other reviews her fans are seeing a certain repetitiveness in the characters. All I saw was stereotypes. It’s told from three points of view from three middle school friends who have drifted apart in high school as one does. Ivy is the overachieving one who just lost her coveted class president role to the class clown Boney Mahoney and doesn’t want to be in school to hear his speech. Cal has just been dumped again by another girlfriend, his two dads are of no help and he’s wanting a little friendship. Mateo is working himself to death now that his mother’s bowling alley was sued out of existence and her arthritis is too much to work anymore. He just needs a break.
They decide on a whim to recreate the ‘greatest day ever’ when they had skipped on a school field trip years ago in Boston. They drive into town, all terrified of their parents if they get caught. Cal has ulterior motives for their first destination the illicit art studio in an abandoned building used by Cal’s friend (he hopes to be her boyfriend). Within seconds of getting their Ivy’s adversary shows up, goes in and they stumble on him potentially dead. Ivy faints at the sight of a syringe and Mateo carries her to the bar he works as conveniently close so no one sees him lugging an unconscious white girl through the streets.
I was ready to bail shortly after when the news report talks of the murder saying there was no CCTV in the area but they knew a blonde girl injected the victim and left. Um how? The rest of the mystery is pretty paint by numbers and the twist at the end was just plain bad. Even the trio’s voices weren’t well drawn. I had to keep referring back to the chapter title page to remember who’s pov I was in (especially the guys). I just wasn’t impressed.
They decide on a whim to recreate the ‘greatest day ever’ when they had skipped on a school field trip years ago in Boston. They drive into town, all terrified of their parents if they get caught. Cal has ulterior motives for their first destination the illicit art studio in an abandoned building used by Cal’s friend (he hopes to be her boyfriend). Within seconds of getting their Ivy’s adversary shows up, goes in and they stumble on him potentially dead. Ivy faints at the sight of a syringe and Mateo carries her to the bar he works as conveniently close so no one sees him lugging an unconscious white girl through the streets.
I was ready to bail shortly after when the news report talks of the murder saying there was no CCTV in the area but they knew a blonde girl injected the victim and left. Um how? The rest of the mystery is pretty paint by numbers and the twist at the end was just plain bad. Even the trio’s voices weren’t well drawn. I had to keep referring back to the chapter title page to remember who’s pov I was in (especially the guys). I just wasn’t impressed.