ryinwonderland's Reviews (892)

I couldn't put it down!

Memory loss is a great backdrop for a murder mystery. Well written with good twists and turns.

I'm not sure how I felt about this one. Mostly because I really hated the main character. Because she was a bully and didn't see it in herself. Because she made excuses for her behavior. Because I don't know that she ever really understands what it is that she did, even at the end. But that's the point. So maybe I liked it. It was such a different take: the bully's perspective. And I think I expected the author to make me sympathize or empathize with her, but...that's not what happened. Even when she was doing something somewhat redeeming, she never really did it for the right reasons. She still, ultimately I think, believed that she was innocent. So anyway, this was an interesting read for me, because I just really hated the main character and wanted to shake her.

Initially I was like, "Hey cool, it's just like Dexter". Now that I've been thinking about it for a while, I'm like, "Uhh...you completely ripped off the first season of Dexter..." It's not a bad book, but the parallels between Lane and Dexter are a few too many. It's starting to feel less like a simple nod in Dex's direction, and more like the dreaded P-word...

Cyberbullying is bad, mmkay?

Reading this book was like drinking iced tea on a summer afternoon.

Good for fans of Harry Potter. Takes place in Nigeria. Very cool juju. It's a great story.

This is going to be a good summer read. Road trips and hippies and life and coming of age. Good stuff.