A review by laura_corsi
When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff

4.0

This book is not about what you think it's about. It is not the story of Billy who is accused of rape by his girlfriend. It is not a story about his wealthy family and the privileged world that they live in and the many doors that wealth opens and the many sins that wealth covers. These things exist in this story, but it is not what the story is about. I was blown away by Medoff's unlikable characters and the psychological portrait that she draws of them. I did see the twist coming, as I think the author intends given the foreshadowing--what I did not see coming was the way she perfectly shows the psychology of an abuse victim--even at the end there is no conclusive ending.