A review by ptorrens
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

2.0

So...this book had its problems. For example, why on earth would the homicide detective take the victim's mother with him to interrogate suspects?! That made no sense. Also, the characters in this book, while entertaining, were ultimately a little too over the top. Amelia's BFF was a stereotypical selfish slut who was mean to the MC, but we're supposed to like her and feel bad for her because they've been friends since kindergarten. Then there were the Maggie's...what was the deal with Dylan anyway?! I still don't understand her issue. And why exactly was Amelia so obsessed with her? Again, this girl is supposed to be super smart or whatever, but she sure makes a lot of terribly un-smart choices. There were so many secrets in the book that you could trip over them, and it just read like there were too many ideas and the author couldn't make up her mind so she just shoved them all in there. Overall it kept me reading, but definitely not the best thought out book ever.