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A review by ashlees_bookish_adventure
Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn
4.0
4/5 stars because of the ending.
Wow. I’m not really sure where to start with this. What a crazy story. It’s been a long time since I’ve started a book I could not put down. I read 75% of this book in an evening because I couldn’t wait to see how it ended. Some questions that came through my mind while reading this; what’s the deal with Cate? Is she crazy? Does she have some sort of mental disorder that she’s not dealing with? What’s the deal with Jaime? Is he a little weird or is it just me? Ultimately, where is this going and what’s the twist? This story had me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it. A story of loss and healing and fear. Also, that ending!! We got a little closure but not really because it completely left you wishing there were more. Jaime is an unreliable narrator with a tragic past. He is 16 years old and wants more than anything to be a “normal” kid. Nothing about his life is normal, however, from his batshit crazy sister to his own medical/mental issues to his horribly tragic childhood. You’re never really sure of anything he says or does which makes you ever more curious of what might really be going on.
*****SPOILERS*****
I’m not really sure I understand exactly how everything went down. The part about their mother makes a little sense since they were little kids and no one was around but how does Cater really end up being blamed for everything bad that happens? Is it just a case where she was blamed for one thing and a few outbursts later, everyone automatically thinks it’s her? Did she purposefully put herself in situations where it would look like she was to blame to protect Jamie? How did Jaime not get caught during any of these incidents? Also, back to the mother thing, is Jaime a psychopath? What was the reasoning behind the anger? Are siblings really that protective of each other that Cate would take the blame for everything? (I have no siblings so the “natural sibling bond” has always escaped me.) She’s just ok sitting in juvenile detention for 2 years knowing she’s innocent? What if Jaime did something while she was away that she couldn’t take the blame for? Wouldn’t it all be for nothing?
*****END OF SPOILERS*****
Bottom line…this book is awesome. I highly recommend it.
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Wow. I’m not really sure where to start with this. What a crazy story. It’s been a long time since I’ve started a book I could not put down. I read 75% of this book in an evening because I couldn’t wait to see how it ended. Some questions that came through my mind while reading this; what’s the deal with Cate? Is she crazy? Does she have some sort of mental disorder that she’s not dealing with? What’s the deal with Jaime? Is he a little weird or is it just me? Ultimately, where is this going and what’s the twist? This story had me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it. A story of loss and healing and fear. Also, that ending!! We got a little closure but not really because it completely left you wishing there were more. Jaime is an unreliable narrator with a tragic past. He is 16 years old and wants more than anything to be a “normal” kid. Nothing about his life is normal, however, from his batshit crazy sister to his own medical/mental issues to his horribly tragic childhood. You’re never really sure of anything he says or does which makes you ever more curious of what might really be going on.
*****SPOILERS*****
I’m not really sure I understand exactly how everything went down. The part about their mother makes a little sense since they were little kids and no one was around but how does Cater really end up being blamed for everything bad that happens? Is it just a case where she was blamed for one thing and a few outbursts later, everyone automatically thinks it’s her? Did she purposefully put herself in situations where it would look like she was to blame to protect Jamie? How did Jaime not get caught during any of these incidents? Also, back to the mother thing, is Jaime a psychopath? What was the reasoning behind the anger? Are siblings really that protective of each other that Cate would take the blame for everything? (I have no siblings so the “natural sibling bond” has always escaped me.) She’s just ok sitting in juvenile detention for 2 years knowing she’s innocent? What if Jaime did something while she was away that she couldn’t take the blame for? Wouldn’t it all be for nothing?
*****END OF SPOILERS*****
Bottom line…this book is awesome. I highly recommend it.
Follow me and read all my other reviews at my blog:
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ashleesbookishadventure
https://twitter.com/AshleeBookish