i loved this! between this and Grown, Tiffany D. Jackson is my current favorite ya author ngl.
it seems like a complaint some people had with this book was the podcast element, which personally i liked quite a bit. to me it added to the story, and i wouldn’t have liked the book as much without the podcast angle (didn’t listen to audiobook, so no clue how audio handled the podcast parts. probably well, though!).
i also have never read Carrie, but this stands on its own very well. it didn’t feel like i needed to have read Carrie to really get this one, though i’m sure that that would have added to the experience.
I’d recommend this to people who like Sadie by Courtney Summers, because that book also has a true crime podcast angle similar to this one :)