Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: July 21st, 2015
Edition: ARC Pages: 292
Trigger Warnings: school shooting, incest, violence
FTC Disclosure: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
SUMMARY
22 minutes separate Julia Vann’s before and after.
Before: Julia had a twin brother, a boyfriend, and a best friend.
After: She has a new identity, a new hometown, and memories of those twenty-two minutes that refuse to come into focus. At least, that’s what she tells the police. (Goodreads)
WHAT I THOUGHT
This was a very compelling read! The writing was wonderful and the story had some great twists and turns in it that really kept you on the edge of your seat. I read this book in about 4 hours (with small breaks). Once the story got going I really couldn't put it down because I wanted to know if my inklings towards the plot were true.
The story follows Julia Vann, a high school student and her life after a shooting occurs at her high school in northern California. Julia is now Lucy Black and is living in southern California with her parents who have cultivated new identities for themselves to escape the media circus that surrounded their lives after the shooting. Julia is an unreliable narrator from the start and each chapter has your formulating a new explanation for why she is thinking the way she is and pulling apart all of her subtle hints and remarks. Though I found the direction of the story early on I was still blindsided by the ending! I was still guessing about a few things up until the very end.
I don't want to give too much away so I will just say: read it! It was a fun, thrilling read!
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