A review by theenbybookworm
That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this!!! So interesting and well-formatted. Apparently, this is based off of a true story, which I had not known before. I got it at my school book fair! Such a great book. I typically reach for those super long fantasy books (500-600 pages or so) in a series, but this was definitely a good change of pace to take a break from the longer books, since it’s about half (maybe less, considering the chapters are so short, which always makes the book more pages than the actual word count would require, since there are so many of the chapter titles that take up like 1/3 of the page) of what I usually read. A good break after finishing a ten book series 😅 (each about 500-ish pages).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

This is literally entirely based around a school shooting (9 people died, and only 6 who ended up in the same room as the shooter at some point during the shooting made it out alive - none of them yet having the full picture), so if this triggers you, I definitely would not recommend for you, specifically.