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Old 07-28-2023, 03:44 AM   #2 (permalink)
Chelliephone


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Vera Brinley Thanatos
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So I just finished this book and oh my gosh I loved it. Writing wise, I think the voice throughout the book was really spot on to how a 17 year old would be writing this entire sequencing of events. Like even the 3rd person point of view bits just sounded like Pippa's narrating the whole story to us and I really loved that. Also the adding bits of research here and there to ends of chapters? Beautiful. I am obsessed too with the way she played with how the words appear on the page towards the end of the book so that you really feel as discombobulated as Pippa must have felt in that moment.

The mystery itself was also really well done. I usually have a hard time with books like this, because the ending is predictable. And I genuinely thought in the beginning this one was going to be as well (my money was on our janitor turned cop friend). But I only pieced it fully together when Pippa did and I love finding that in a book!

Also really just enjoyed Ravi and Pip's overall banter. The themes and story of this book are heavy but their conversations really helped to lighten things up a little!

I'm very excited to start the next book, because there are definitely still some questions I have unresolved about some of our other POI's and I'm excited to see what the author does with their underlying stories!
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