A review by livlatte
Penance by Eliza Clark

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A brilliant and uniquely written novel about Fandom behavior towards true crime by youth and adults. This connects with the reader very well as I didn't know about the fake nonfiction aspect of the book from the blurb and before starting it so, the draw for me to read it was the crime story. The reader feels called out by the book, and along with the well written story within the story is, intrigued to see what Clark has to say. It uses fiction in a brilliant way to display how people socially interact with crime. When in the middle of the book I thought I wouldn't be able to reccomend this book to older audiences as a lot of the nuances of modern teen life aren't explained but the excellent final chapter of a fake guardian interview with the books fake author changed that and brought this book to a 5.
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