A review by esabel
Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea

2.0

This book was so fucking dumb!! To the point where I'm questioning how it even got published. There were so many things that didn't make sense, I don't understand how anyone was able to get past them enough to even enjoy the story. The main character, Sydney, has shockingly poor investigative skills for someone who claims to be an investigative journalist. She didn't think to establish a timeline from the woman alibiing the suspect??? She decided it was a good idea to release a documentary before knowing how it would end??? She "investigated" for a YEAR before filming started and didn't think to read though the court documents, or talk to a medical examiner, or talk to any of the family or friends???

There's no closure on the main case, there's no closure on Sydney's dad's case, and I find it difficult to believe there was enough evidence to convict Ellie when surely she would have been at work, you know, at the busy hospital where she would have been surrounded by people. Sydney's murder was the most egregious part of the whole book though. Somehow Sydney, a spry, young person, was unable to protect herself from a disabled man who's muscles have atrophied??? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!!!