A review by pixiejess8
Cruel Summer, by Juno Dawson
4.0
Cruel Summer was a great time, lots of suspense, lots of scares and lots of fun. The fun is had by me the reader and not the characters of the book, they get maybe 40 pages of carefree good times and then its a bunch of stress, terror and regret. There was a basement scene that made me a bit jumpy and in all honesty a bit screamy when someone made a noise in my house,
reading is not for the faint of heart ...write that down.
Annnnnnyways back to Cruel Summer about a vacation that is sure to go wrong .
A year after Janey’s suicide, her friends reunite at a remote Spanish villa, desperate to put the past behind them.
These people should not be vacationing together, they have lots of baggage and resentment that has been brewing for the last year as they are all at separate colleges and have not seen each other for 12 mths. Basically no one is getting their security deposit back from this destination.
Greg and his new girlfriend Erin
Greg is going to be a pro footballer, he is the golden child of his parents and his hometown. He is also twin brother of
Alisha
Poor Alisha has had a rough go of it teenage years wise but is committed to a fresh start and is also harbouring a possible crush on
Ben
The loveable nerd who everyone states wouldn't hurt a fly and just seems to be the sweetest. He is also ex-boyfriend of
Katie
The soft spoken good girl that has trouble saying a bad word about anybody, a bit of a pushover and seems to be polar opposite to dear friend Ryan
Ryan was my favourite character he is an actor waiting for his big break. We get Ryan's point of view for half of the story,he is gay, attractive and comfortable in his own skin. I enjoyed Ryan's inner thoughts and actions the most. I knew when the book was over I would miss Ryan's take on everything, well done character that will be what I remember about this book.
Full disclosure it took a good 50 pages for me to get properly into this book, but once I was in I was in for the long haul which was not really a long haul at all, my epub was under 300 pages long which was perfect
reading is not for the faint of heart ...write that down.
Annnnnnyways back to Cruel Summer about a vacation that is sure to go wrong .
A year after Janey’s suicide, her friends reunite at a remote Spanish villa, desperate to put the past behind them.
These people should not be vacationing together, they have lots of baggage and resentment that has been brewing for the last year as they are all at separate colleges and have not seen each other for 12 mths. Basically no one is getting their security deposit back from this destination.
Greg and his new girlfriend Erin
Greg is going to be a pro footballer, he is the golden child of his parents and his hometown. He is also twin brother of
Alisha
Poor Alisha has had a rough go of it teenage years wise but is committed to a fresh start and is also harbouring a possible crush on
Ben
The loveable nerd who everyone states wouldn't hurt a fly and just seems to be the sweetest. He is also ex-boyfriend of
Katie
The soft spoken good girl that has trouble saying a bad word about anybody, a bit of a pushover and seems to be polar opposite to dear friend Ryan
Ryan was my favourite character he is an actor waiting for his big break. We get Ryan's point of view for half of the story,he is gay, attractive and comfortable in his own skin. I enjoyed Ryan's inner thoughts and actions the most. I knew when the book was over I would miss Ryan's take on everything, well done character that will be what I remember about this book.
Full disclosure it took a good 50 pages for me to get properly into this book, but once I was in I was in for the long haul which was not really a long haul at all, my epub was under 300 pages long which was perfect