I’m going to be honest, I read this book a while ago and totally forgot to review it so I have forgotten a few of the main plot points of the novel. But, I don’t really want to read it again, and I want to share some of my thoughts on the overall story, so I’m going to do this rather jumbled, 6-months-after-reading review.
I feel like the main point of the story was the idea that media/rumors/assumptions can negatively influence cases/lives of those involved in large situations. There was so much disinformation going around that made the lives of the 4 people left alive in that classroom hell. To me, it was fairly obvious that things weren’t as simple as they seemed. From the time that those 4 students exited the classroom to the end of the book, I knew that the story would play out similarly to the way that it did. I didn’t know the exact details of what was going to happen, but I could guess what the general ending would be.
Since the book was so predictable to me, the important part of the story was learning about Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper as separate individuals. Months later, I don’t remember really anything about their individual characters. They have kind of blended together in my mind. This usually means that their stories didn’t stick with me very much. I do remember being on the edge of my seat to learn more about the characters as I read though, so that is a plus! I did rate this book a 4 in my notes when I originally read it, so I did enjoy these side storylines enough that I overlooked the disappointing predictability.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a YA murder mystery, and I hope to be able to check out the sequel to this book sometime to see what ended up happening to these unique and interesting characters.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 books.
