A review by michele_carolina
Sister by Rosamund Lupton

5.0

Wow! I read the entire book in one setting; I stayed up until 3 AM because I just had to know how it ended. This book is not a "thriller" in the traditional sense. The entire book is written as a letter to Tess from her sister Bee. There is a mystery, but the book is more about the very strong bond between the two sisters and working through grief and anger. The first chapter was a little jerky because Bee went back and forth in time, but once I caught on to the method, the book flowed easily. As other reviewers have stated, the summary on the back cover is a little misleading. You find out relatively early in the book that Tess is dead. The police rule it a suicide but Bee knows that Tess would never take her own life. Throughout the rest of the book, Bee tries to find out who killed her sister. She names several killers and the police stop following her leads because they deem her to be depressed about her sister's death and unable to accept "the truth" that her sister committed suicide. The ending was a total shocker. Lupton doesn't reveal what actually happened because that would deter from the letter from Bee to Tess approach. There are two possible endings and to be honest, I'm now sure which one actually happened. I know which one I hope happened. In hindsight, I can see that there were some clues throughout the book, but I didn't realize what they meant when I first read them.