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Summers, Courtney
2 Reviews
(3)
YA
This intricately plotted, irony-heavy thriller alternates between two narratives: one from the perspective of the title character, who's hell-bent on finding and killing her younger sister Mattie's murderer; and one that's the transcript of a Serial-like true-crime podcast that starts after Sadie's car is found abandoned. The narratives work in tandem to create a suspenseful picture of a brave young woman with a traumatic past.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
(3)
YA
No one in town believes Romy was raped. A year later, Romy is still being ostracized when she is drugged and assaulted; another girl goes missing on the same night. Sexual violation--including female complicity in the degradation of other girls and women--is almost omnipresent in this hard-hitting novel. Romy's wrenching self-loathing is leavened by a sweet, supportive romance.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
2 reviews
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