vulco1's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this book. Moved at a great speed. Very easy to pick up and get sucked into.
psalmcat's review against another edition
3.0
Another cheerful book about teens killing teens...this one from the perspective of a star athlete who drinks too much at a party and, while driving home, kills another kid. He panics, but is shocked when his dad actually covers for him, even hides the body. His father is amazingly brutal, not to mention an alcoholic. In the end, he nearly kills the kid, who (very pat) suddenly remembers where his mother is & why she hasn't ever come home for him. You end up feeling like this horrible kid may actually have a chance for a productive life after he's out of jail.
jenlouden's review
3.0
Hard to put down thriller; dark but some redeeming ending; I wanted to keep reading but I didn't care enough about the characters; and I found myself peeved that so many (all?) the main character's insights are preceded by the word "realized." It felt like cheating to me. Yes there was action that brought the realization to the forefront but still, I was bugged. Read this because the writer also wrote 90 Days to the Novel which I am working through... I did find the way he unpacked this novel in his writing book very helpful.
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