librarianryan 's review for:

4.0
emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 
This book is getting made into a UK TV show and I completely understand why. It is told in a pretty unique way. You know that the main character is doing her senior project to graduate high school. And she decides that she is going to solve the murder. Technically, the town thinks they already know who the murderer is, and unfortunately that young man is dead. However, our main character is sure he didn’t do it because he’s not that type of guy. It’s five years after the murder and she is going to find who did it. She gets a little bit of help from the man’s brother, and they go about trying to find all the lies and miss directions that lead this town to believing that an 18 year old kid killed his girlfriend. While this is not the best written book in the world, It keeps you entertained and once you start you do not want to stop. The fact that this book has two sequels is more amazing because now you want to know what happens next. There are questions at the end of the book and the read thinks: wait a minute I don’t have an answer for this, and I need to know that answer!” This book was incredibly fun to read and it’s going to be a YA staple for the next decade maybe longer.